The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution. Explain colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons and Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence. Explain the importance of Thomas Paine's Common Sense to the movement for independence.
The student will identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution. Explain the language, organization, and intellectual sources of the Declaration of Independence; include the writing of John Locke and the role of Thomas Jefferson. Explain the reason for and significance of the French alliance and foreign assistance and the roles of Benjamin Franklin and the Marquis de Lafayette. Analyze George Washington as a military leader; include the creation of a professional military and the life of a common soldier, and describe the significance of the crossing of the Delaware River and Valley Forge. Explain the role of geography at the Battle of Yorktown, the role of Lord Cornwallis, and the Treaty of Paris, 1783.
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French and Indian war was fought between
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France and Britain
Britain and the Colonists
Britain and Native Americans
France and Native Americans
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Ended the French and Indian war, Britain was given all the land east of the Mississippi River.
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Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris 1898
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Treaty of Paris, 1763
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French and Indian war was fought between
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Ended the French and Indian war, Britain was given all the land east of the Mississippi River.
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Boundary line that forbid colonist to cross over the Appalachian mountains.
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Stamp Act
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Punishment for the Boston Tea Party
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Sons of Liberty dumped thousands of pounds of tea in protest of the Tea Act.
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Confrontation between an angry colonial mob and British soldiers on March 5, 1770---resulted in the death of 5 colonist including Crispus Attucks
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Secret group of American Colonist who opposed British authority in Massachusetts---led by Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
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Women of Boston who made clothes and other goods so the colonists could engage in boycotts.
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Occurred on April 19th, 1775 between the colonists near Boston and the British--known as "Shots heard round the world". Occur prior to declaring independence.
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Secret organization created by Sons of Liberty that communicated with the colonies about British abuses of power.
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1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.
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Group chosen to create a document that gave reasons for separation from England (Declaration of Independence); Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston
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General Washington crossed the Delaware River (overnight on Christmas) to arrive here...the ambush of the Hessians was successful
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Major turning point of the Revolutionary War; after this battle the French decide to join the war to help the colonists defeat the British
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Continental army's winter camp during the American Revolution. Washington used this time to regroup, train, and emerges as a professional military.
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Revolutionary war ends after this battle thanks to help from the French (peninsula)
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Treaty that formally ends the American Revolution
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Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
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English philosopher who advocated the idea of natural rights (born with the right to life, liberty and property) and the "social contract theory" (in which governments powers are derived from the consent of the governed)
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Commanding officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolution ; he is later elected as the 1st President of the Constitutional Convention
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1st American ambassador, helped solidify the alliance of the colonists with France during the American Revolution
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American ambassador, helped create an alliance between colonists and the dutch during the American Revolution; also helped write the Declaration of Independence. (He will be our 2nd President)
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Prussian (modern day Germany) military officer who helped train the Continental Army by teaching them military strategies
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French military officer who helped train the Continental army and defeat the British at Yorktown
