Global-Revolutionary War
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- African Americans
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Were slaves
Most fought for British during war. - Paul Revere
- Silversmith who warned the colonists of the soon to arrive British. (Battle of Lexington and Concord)
- Dr. Benjamin Rush
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Leader in Philadelphia
Proposed idea (which was passed) that all the children of slaves should be freed; women at 21 and men at 28 - Battle of Lexington and Concord
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British were coming to get artillery from Concord.
Small group of colonists protested on the Lexington Green(armed).
Someone fired and was the 1st Battle of the Revolution.
Colonists used guerilla-style tactics. - What groups were excluded from the phrase in the declaration "all men are created equal"
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Women-were considered inferior
African Americans-were slaves
Native Americans-were considered savages - Battle of Saratoga
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Turning Point in the Revolutionary War:
British decided to change strategy of trying to separate New England from the other colonies
Convinced French to support the Colonists/Americans - Benjamin Franklin
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Philadelphia printer and supporter of the Revolutionary War
Was sent to England with the olive branch petition - Battle of Yorktown
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Last battle of the Revolutionary War.
Large group of British were captured. - Committees of Correspondence
- Groups across colonies who wrote letters and other things against britain's actions
- Boston Massacre
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One man was taunting a solider.
Several more joined in on the taunting and snowball and rock throwing.
A few soliders came to defend orginal solider.
Someone fired and 5 colonists were killed. - Thomas Paine
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London writer who moved to philadelphia when he was 37(bad life in England)
Came with a letter from Ben Franklin (For acknowledgement)
Wrote Common Sense - Thomas Jefferson
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Virginia Plantation Owner.
Was a member of the House of Burgess
Was a delegate at the 2nd Continental Congress
Wrote the Declaration. (With much help from John Locke) - Stamp Act
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Tax on all paper goods.(letters, newspapers)
There was a seal to show that the tax had been paid.
First internal tax - External Taxes
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Taxes on goods coming into the colonies.
Most Colonists were against this mercantilist idea. - John Locke
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Enlightenment Thinker whose ideas were greatly used in the Declaration. Wrote "Two Treastie of Government"
In the 2nd Treastie, said that all people had a right to natural rights (life liberty etc.). Governments were instituted to protect people's natural rights and if the were not, it was the peopel's duty to overthrow the government. - Spanish Missions
- Spanish set up missions to convert Native Americans to Christianity, then made them work.
- Why were colonists so mad at being taxed?
- Because they had never been taxed before.(During the English Civil War, little attention was paid to the colonists:BENIGN NEGLECT)
- Common Sense
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Pamphlet which stated that the colonists deserved freedom from england and should rebel without attemp to compromise.
Says America will become important if suceeds
Written by Thomas Paine - Conquistadors
- Spanish explorers who then conquered the lands they had explored.
- Sons of Liberty
- Groups who protested british acts
- Internal Taxes
- Taxes on goods from within the colonies
- No Taxation without Representation
- Idea thatthe colonists/ones being taxed should have a say in the making of these taxes
- Why was George Washington chosen to be the leader of the Continental Army?
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1: He was a good solider during the French and Indian War.
2: He was Virginian which would show that all the colonies were in favor of independence, not just Mass. - Proclamation of 1763
- Did not allow the colonists to expand westward past the Appalacian Mountains.
- Lord Dunmore
- Went around telling slaves they would win their freedom if they fought for the british.
- State Constitutions
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During the Revolutionary War all the colonies developed state constitutions.
Virginia used their current set-up but added a bill of rights.
Was considered a conservative state constitution.
Pennsylvania was considered to have a liberal constitution.
The only had one legislative house(unicameral) and no governor.
Massachusetts had a very liberal state constitution.
They had the constitution ratified by the people, not those who were going to be the legislative body.