Chapter 4: The American Revolution Section one: the colonies fight for their rights. A. The French and Indian war • Was during the Seven years war. • Fighting over the Ohio river valley • Fighting breaks out over Fort Duquesne • The Albany Conference • The Albany Plan-Mastermind Benjamin Franklin- believed colonies should unite under a central government • Significance- one of the first steps toward colonial unity • Early British defeats • William Pitt • British Victory-Treaty of Paris
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Did you know that approximately 50‚000 troops died in the Revolutionary War? That is a lot‚ however that war made America a free country to this day. What led up to the Revolutionary War‚ the Stamp Act‚ also contributed to America’s freedom too. As a result of the Stamp Act and the Revolutionary War‚ there is the bill of rights‚ which had the first 10 amendments on that document. There have been a lot of events during colonial times that have impacted our freedom however‚ the Bill of Rights; the
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In 1775‚ at the Battles of Lexington and Concord‚ the Revolutionary War began. The American Colonies united under a common purpose: to fight for their independence against Britain‚ to whom they previously paid allegiance to. While many supported the cause‚ only men were allowed to fight in the war. However‚ women found ways to support the cause other than directly fighting‚ including exerting political pressure‚ collecting donations‚ and using their status as non-fighters to carry information undercover
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The period of The French and Indian War to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War from years 1754 to 1776 led to a relationship that drastically changed between the British and the colonists. Great Britain had sponsored the colonial defense system against the French and Huron Indians by sending British troops over to the colonial frontiers‚ but in response wanted the colonists to pay back the money that Great Britain used to support them during the French and Indian War. Economically‚ the
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Thomas Gage who was the former governor of Montreal and had fought in The French and Indian war. Gage also commanded all the British forces in North America. On April 18-19‚ 1775 he sent an army to Concord to destroy military stores belonging to the Americans. The resulting battle of Lexington and Concord was one of the major starters of the Revolutionary war. The second in command was William Howe. He was widely believed to be a distant cousin of the king. He was a very talented and smart officer
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This book is about the Revolutionary War and what led up to it. The main reason the war started was because of many of the acts that Great Britain had passed on to the colonies. The main acts that angered the colonists were the Stamp Act‚ The Sugar Act‚ The Townshend revenue Act‚ The Currency Act‚ The Tea Act‚ and the Intolerable Acts. All of these were either taxing the colonists and making the give more money to Britain for its debt or involved Britain taking away our basic rights and not treating
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cause peace with the colonists‚ but the British were stubborn and refused to accept the petition. Document 6 exclaims‚” No man was a warmer wisher for a peaceful settlement than myself before the fatal nineteenth of April‚ 1775 (Battle at Lexington and Concord)‚ but the moment the event of that day was made known‚ I rejected the hardened‚ sullen tempered [King of England] forever.” This quote shows how the colonists want to create peace with the British‚ but since they killed many of their family
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In the early 1600s England established its’ first colony in the New World with one hundred men and three boats at the mouth of the Chesapeake River it was called Jamestown. Soon after many more colonists would arrive to the New World seeking religious freedom‚ freedom from persecution‚ land‚ economic prosperity‚ or to work off debt. Nonetheless‚ people saw the New World as new opportunities and to leave a life to start a new one. As British colonies grew and created their own culture‚ policies‚ and
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The Great Awakening impacted the people in the 13 American colonies. Settlers were encouraged to disregard sectarian differences which brought religious‚ political‚ and cultural unity among the colonies. However‚ some churches divided into factions based on class ranks; for instance‚ “Old Sides” among Presbyterians and “Old Lights” among Congregationalist. Revivalism later resounded as “New Sides” and “Old Lights”. This event undermined traditional views of authority which contributed to the development
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Benedict Arnold was chosen to become Captain of the Governor’s 2nd Company of Connecticut guards. After the war of Lexington Concord Benedict made a plan to seize Fort Ticonderoga in New York. So he partnered up with Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga. On May 10‚ 1775 they successfully seized Fort Ticonderoga‚ Fort George‚ And Crown Point
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