Seeds of Revolution

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Transcript Seeds of Revolution

By: Sammy , Christa , Cora, and
Jeffery!
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1. The 13 colonies began to develop their own
ideas and ways of thinking separate from Great
Britain.
#1.The French tried to take over the Native
American land.#2 Britain declared war on France
in 1756 in the Ohio River Valley.#3 Britain won
the war and the Treaty of Paris saved the land.
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The Stamp Act is an act that required colonists
to pay British stamp for the printed paper they
used. The colonists became rebellious. The
colonists protested the Stamp Act.
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Many colonists became enraged by the
engraving by Paul Revere. People dressed as
Native Americans for the Boston tea party.
Congress declared the colonists to be in a state
of mutiny.
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Genral Thomas heard of the colonists weapons
stored in concord . Samuel Perscott warned the
militia.The British retreated and the revolution
started .
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May 10,1775 the seconed continetil congres met
at the Independense hall in Philadelpha.
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The green mountain boys helped conquer fort
Ticonderoga that happened on May 10, 1775.
That gave the Patriots a morale boost.
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After the battle of Lexington in which the
‘shot heard round the world’ started the first
battle of the American Revolution. The British
soilders led by Major Jhon Pitcair fought the
Patriots.
Patriot Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet common
sense. The pamphlet swayed many loyalists to the
patriots side. On July 4, 1776 the second Cotinetal
Congress approved the Declaration of
Independence.
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The British captured Savanah Georgia in
December 1778. the Patriots won a battle at
kings moutain . The patriots surrounded the
British fought and won.
George Washington.:Commander of the
Continenteal Army; later became the country’s
first president.
In 1777 deliegtes appointed by each state to the
second continetel congress agreed to send the
new plane for government to the states for reviw.
It took almost five years for all thirteen
states to come to an agreement and approve
the Articles of Confederation. In 1781 the
major fighting of the Revolutionry War
ended .
Represenetives from the U.S. and Great
Britain discussed peace terms in Paris,
France from the middle of 1782 until the
Treaty of Paris was singed.
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Once the Revolutionary war was over and the
Treaty of Paris was signed there were terrible
money troubles for the United States. Soldiers
went home poor and tired. The government
had no money and no power to tax so many of
the soldiers were not paid.
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To solve the many problems of the United States, fifty-five men
arrived in Pensilvaineya,for a metting at Independence.
Some areas were claimed by several states at a time .
The sections were to be sold to settlers. Certain
sections were saved for the goverment and public
schools.
France’s emporer tried to buy New Orleans . The United
States bought the Louisiana Terrotory. The purchase added
800,000 square miles.
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It seemed that the united states had a firm hold
on its land in North America. President
Jefforson planned to keep the united states out
of war. James madison planned to do the same.
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The websites we used were:Google, A-z
reading.com,and clip art
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