Chapter 5: The American Revolution

new nations

new nations

The Revolution unleashed powerful political, social, and economic forces that would transform the ________ politics and society.

Resistance

________ took three forms: legislative, economic, and popular protest.

The Royal Proclamation (1764), Sugar and Currency Act (1764), Stamp Act (1756) and the Townshend Act (1767)

What were some of the attempts to reform the British Empire?

Popular forms of resistance against the Stamp Act

Legislative, economic, and popular protest

1775

When did the Revolutionary War begin?

1781

When did the Revolutionary War end?

Important of the battles of Trenton and Saratoga

Turned the tide of the Revolutionary War in the favor of the Continental Army

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce

What treaty did the French sign during the war?

The implications of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce

A global war of sorts by involving them in the Revolution

The Battle of Yorktown (1781)

_________________ ended the Revolutionary War

The Royal Proclamation?

___________________ formally ended the Seven Years' War and forbade all British settlements west of a line drawn along the Appalachians because the territory was given to the French

The Sugar and Currency Act?

_____________________ were passed to raise revenue by stopping the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses

The Stamp Act?

________________________ imposed a direct tax on colonists and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in Britain

The Townshend Act?

_______________________ introduced a series of taxes and regulations to fund the administration of the British colonies in America

The cost of the war, along with Britain's other conflicts with Holland, Spain and France

____________________________________ contributed to the loss of support for the war in Britain

States were able to draft constitutions, political participation increased and mercantilism ended

_____________________________________________________ as a result of the Revolution

Slavery remained an integral part of American society

__________________________________ despite the Revolution?