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American revolution
the British and French war. the British won the war but it came with a high cost and to help repay the debt the British gov. decided to place taxes on colonists which included the stamp act and the tea act, and also the Townsend act. -
causes of American revolution
no taxation without representation; by 1773 the colonists had already begun protesting. they refused to buy the British goods and some dressed as Indians and they dumped the tea off of a British ship. And by 1775 colonists and British soldiers exchanged shot at Lexington and concord. That was the very first battle of the American Revolution. -
Leaders of the Revolution
John Trumball Jr. he was the governor of Connecticut during the war. he also refused to join the British, he instead supplied Washington's troops with clothing, food and weapons.
John Peter Muhlenberg was a minister who would use his role in the church to help recruit men for the colonial army. his group was called the 'black regiment' after he wore the bacl robes -
The Declaration of independence
In 1776 the '2nd continental congress' started to discuss the idea of declaring independence from England. Thomas Jefferson started a committee to draft a statement of independence from England.
July 4, 1776, the final draft was approved. -
victory of Saratoga.
on October 17, 1777 the British and hessian troops surrendered all of their arms. the general John Burgoyne had already lost 86% of his expeditionary. -
The bill of rights
the federalist papers helped convince many that the constitution would work. the 1st ten amendments became known as the bill or right. -
Yorktown
the continental army forced British to surrender and after the war was over in 1783 we became the United States of America -
The Constitution
in 1787 the continental congress write what is now called the U.S. constitution. it also created a gov. in which people had the power to select their own representatives as shown in the first three words. WE THE PEOPLE. -
19th century America
around the 1800s the industrial revolution introduced the factory system and output of products stored. in the north it became the primary source of income
the south experienced growth in malfunctioning.
the west had very fewer factories in the south and north -
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the civil war
the rising of industry and the way the gov. treated the diff. areas would eventually end with the civil war. -
Lincoln assassinated
in 1865 Lincoln was assissanced right after civil war ended
