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Mind Map by Erin Harrison, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Erin Harrison
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Making the American Revolution
- the English had not interfered much with colonial
life; colonies had their own governors and
legislatures set up, and were fairly independent
- The Navigation Acts
- The Proclamation Line of 1763
- The Stamp Act
- The Townshend Acts
- The Tea Act
- The Intolerable Acts
- The Second Continental Congress
- The Declaration of Independence
- The Articles of Confederation
- The American Revolution
- France and Spain were happy to
help, since it would weaken
England
- Britain joined officially
in 1776, sending 32,000
troops to NY
- Battle of Saratoga - British
surrender, France officially
backs America
- British take
Savannah, GA,
Charlestown, SC, and
most of SC territory
- Battle of
Camden -
Americans lost
- Battles of Kings
Mountain and
Cowpens -
Americans won
- Battle of
Guilford
Courthouse
- tie
- Cornwallis retreats to Yorktown for
evacuation - French fleet and GW army
trap them and force a surrender in
October of 1781
- Cornwallis retreats to Yorktown for
evacuation - French fleet and GW army
trap them and force a surrender in
October of 1781
- Battle of
Guilford
Courthouse
- tie
- Battles of Kings
Mountain and
Cowpens -
Americans won
- Battle of
Camden -
Americans lost
- British take
Savannah, GA,
Charlestown, SC, and
most of SC territory
- Battle of Saratoga - British
surrender, France officially
backs America
- Britain joined officially
in 1776, sending 32,000
troops to NY
- France and Spain were happy to
help, since it would weaken
England
- written earlier, but ratified in
1781, increasing Congress' power
- had to ask for permission from the states to tax
them, had no courts or executive branch, but a
council of 13 to enforce laws, and 9 out of 13
states had to agree to pass a major law
- had to ask for permission from the states to tax
them, had no courts or executive branch, but a
council of 13 to enforce laws, and 9 out of 13
states had to agree to pass a major law
- The American Revolution
- written July 4, 1776
- Preamble - basic human rights
- 27 grievances against England
- declaration of war and separation
- Preamble - basic human rights
- The Articles of Confederation
- met in 1775 and raised another
militia with George Washington
as the Commander
- Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was written -
sounded like a sermon and easy for everyone to
understand - "nothing but independence"
- Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was written -
sounded like a sermon and easy for everyone to
understand - "nothing but independence"
- The Declaration of Independence
- meant to punish Boston for the Tea Party
- closed their ports, disbanded the
Massachusetts legislature, and forced
citizens to quarter troops
- First Continental Congress met
in Philadelphia, 1774 - 55
delegates sans Georgia
- decided to boycott,
withhold taxes, and raise
a militia
- British soldiers were sent
to enforce law, met
colonial militia at Battles
of Lexington and
Concord
- British soldiers were sent
to enforce law, met
colonial militia at Battles
of Lexington and
Concord
- decided to boycott,
withhold taxes, and raise
a militia
- First Continental Congress met
in Philadelphia, 1774 - 55
delegates sans Georgia
- closed their ports, disbanded the
Massachusetts legislature, and forced
citizens to quarter troops
- The Second Continental Congress
- England gave the East India Tea Company
permission to sell directly to the colonies
while still taxing tea
- this led to the Boston Tea Party of 1773,
which made Parliament furious
- this led to the Boston Tea Party of 1773,
which made Parliament furious
- The Intolerable Acts
- taxed glass, lead, paper, and paint products
- there was another boycott, and
the Boston Massacre (1770) fueled the
fire
- the boycott eventually worked, but
England kept the tax on tea to
make a point
- the boycott eventually worked, but
England kept the tax on tea to
make a point
- there was another boycott, and
the Boston Massacre (1770) fueled the
fire
- The Tea Act
- taxes all paper goods, which hit the
lawyers and the newspapers hardest
- the colonies boycotted and petitioned for "no
taxation without representation"
- the boycott worked, and
the Stamp Act was
repealed
- the boycott worked, and
the Stamp Act was
repealed
- the colonies boycotted and petitioned for "no
taxation without representation"
- The Townshend Acts
- Indians were uprising again just
after the French and Indian War
- Parliament ordered
colonists to remain East of
the Appalachian Mountains
- Parliament ordered
colonists to remain East of
the Appalachian Mountains
- The Stamp Act
- the colonies had traded with the
French during the French and
Indian War
- the Acts were made in the 1660s, but
not enforced until 1763 as a result of
their betrayal
- the Acts were made in the 1660s, but
not enforced until 1763 as a result of
their betrayal
- The Proclamation Line of 1763
- The Navigation Acts
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