American Revolution [Bundle Review]

Unalienable Rights Listed in the Declaration of Independence

Life

Liberty

Pursuit of Happiness

Proclamation of 1763

colonists could not settle past the Appalachian Mountains

Declaration of Independence

written by Thomas Jefferson, approved in July 1776

Causes of the American Revolution

-taxation without representation

-Boston Massacre

-Intolerable Acts

-British mercantilists policies

Reason for Taxes on the Colonies

debt from the French & Indian War

George Washington

Commander of the Continental Army

Battle of Yorktown (1781)

blocked by the French Navy, the British surrendered, ending the American Revolution.

Treaty of Paris 1783

-ended the American Revolution

-Britain recognized America's independence

-America received Northwest Territory

Battle of Saratoga (1777)

turning point in the American Revolution

Colonial victory convinced France to join their side

Grievances in Declaration of Independence

-forced to quarter soldiers

-taxation w/o colonial consent

British Mercantilism

restricted colonial trade w/ other countries

unalienable rights

God-given rights given to humans at birth

Boston Tea Party

a 1773 colonial protest/act of civil disobedience against British taxes led by the Sons of Liberty

Effect of the Boston Tea Party

British parliament passes the Intolerable Acts

John Paul Jones

American naval commander and hero in the American Revolution said " I have not yet begun to fight."

Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776)

pamphlet that encourage the colonies to seek independence

Effect of British Economic Policies

angry colonists

boycotts

protests

tension w/ Great Britain

Abigail Adams & Mercy Otis Warren

women who supported American independence