what caused the american revolution? the end of salutary neglect that started after the french-indian war.

treaty of partis (1763): first global war that lasted 7 years. washington fought with the indians and learned gurilla warfare. he then got blacklisted by the british army, so he joined the fight for america.

boston massacre - king street march (march 5, 1771): an act of civil unrest. started as a protest in boston because americans tried to raid the tax collectors house. they threw snowballs and the british soldiers opened fire on them.

sons discontent - sons of liberty:

• sugar act (1764): it reduced the tax rate but curtailed smuggling

• stamp act (1767): tax on all printed material. the first direct tax which means that it’s very obvious that it comes out of your income.

• townsend acts (1767): 5 acts as a punishment for new york not complying with the quartering act

gaspee incident (1772): british navel vessel was having trouble and the rhode islanders attacked and ransacked it. a violent attack

tea act (1773): parliment tried to sell cheaper tea to appease colonists by cutting out the middle men. it failed because the sons of liberty benefited from the middle men. it led to the boston tea party.

the coerchive (intolerable) acts (1774):

1. port bill: shut down the boston port which trashed the economy

2. govt act: shut down and colonist governments and banned groups gathering together in case of conspiracy

3. new quartering act: a lot more oppressive

4. admin of justice act

committees of correspondence: virginia house of burgesses, thomas jefferson, and the sons of liberty. purpose was to warn neighborring colonies of the britsh and broaden the resistence movements

british advantages: super power, navy, more money than colonists, well equiped to deal with far, loyalist spies

british disadvantages: they moved everything like a city, across the world, over confident

colonist advantages: learned gurilla warfare from washington, home advantage, motivation, made alliances with french and spain,

colonist disadvantages: broke, seperated opinions,

gurilla warfare tactics: attriction (wearing them down), attack and retreat, mislead the enemy/send them on a goose chase

washingtons headaches:

• 1/3 colonists favored the war for independence and were loyal to britian

• state/colony loyalties. ppl were loyal to their own colony and not america as a whole

• congress couldn’t tax to raise money

• poor training until baron von sceuben came in

revolunitonary war (1775-1781):

1st continental congress (1774): 55 delegates from 12 colonies. 1 vote for colony represented. how are we going to address british oppression?

lexington and concord (1775): “the brithish are coming” paul revere and william dawes ride and warn minute men (farmers with weapons and militias). the british raise hell and the colonists shoot at them. “shot heard around the world!” oh shit moment

2nd continental congress (1775): the colonists appoligize and ask for the intolerable acts to be removed in the oliver branch petition. it did not work lol

tieonderoya - sends message and precedence. steals the canon they use in bunker hill

bunker hill (june 1775): the british won however their casualty rate was 40%. it wounded british confidence and gave americans a morale boost. the first real battle

paines common sense (1776): clear simple logic explaining the need for american independence. monarchy is blasphemus and it’s absurd for an island to rule over a continent. led to the signing of the declaration of independence.

saratoga (october 1777): americans win this battle, so the french decide to fully support them. the turning point of the war

valley forge (winter 1777-1778): brutal winter, hunkering down, smallpox invasion. they started the practice of innoculation which was essentially a smallpox vaccine.

articles of confederation (november 1777): losely tied the states together

battle of yorktown (1781): the final battle. cornwallis surrenders and the world is turned upside down. starts the age of revolutions

hessians: german mercinaries that the british used