Transcript Seeds of Revolution

Seeds of Revolution
• Carson , Kylie, Regan and Jathniel
Britain’s colonies
• The 13 colonies began to develop their own
ideas and ways of thinking separate from
Great Britain.
The French and Indian war
• Britain declared war on France in 1756 in the
Ohio River Valley.
• Britain won the war and treaty of Paris saved
the land.
Taxation without Representation
• In 1764,just a year after the treaty of Paris Britain’s
parliament passed the Sugar Act which taxed Spanish
and French molasses and sugar bought by colonists.
• Colonists’ fury led to cries of “No taxation without
representation.”
• In October 1765, nine colonies out of thirteen sent
representatives to New York to take part in the Stamp
Act Congress.
Acts of Frustration & Retaliation
Large numbers of British soldiers had
lived fairly and peacefully in Boston
after the French and Indian war
The war began
• In Boston general Thomas Gage, the
commander of the British troops became
alarmed when he heard reports of Colonists’
weapons stored at Concord, about 20 miles
west of Boston.
• A patriot doctor, Samuel Prescott, found out
about Gage’s plans and warned the militia
that the British were coming. The
Revolutionary war had begun.
The second Continental Congress
Over 200 years ago America was a collection of
thirteen colonies.
On May 10,1775,the second Continental met at
Independence Hall in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Washington’s job as commander of the
Continental Army wasn’t going to be easy.
The Patriots take Ticonderoga
• On the same day the second Continental
Congress met, the Colonists’ soldiers scored a
victory over the British at Fort to Ticonderoga.
• The congress asked the Green Mountain boys
to capture the British fort on Lake Champlain
in New York.
Bunker Hill and Breeds Hill
After the battle of Lexington, in which the shot
heard round the world started the British solder,
led by Major John Pitcairm, had retreated to
Boston
Finally after the Americans ran out of gun
powder in had to retreat, the British captured
Breeds Hill and Bunker Hill.
General George Washington’s troops held the
British captive in Boston for nearly a year.
Declaring Independence
• Patriot Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet
common sense, in witch he declared
independence to be the only correct choice
for the colonists .
• In June 1776 the Continental congress
selected a committee to wright a statement
about the colonists’ right to be self-governing
once passed by of thirteen colonies the
The articles of Confederation
• In 1777, delegates appointed by each state to
the Second Continental Congress agreed to
send the new plan for government to the states
for review.
The Articles of Confederation gave the federal
government of the US no authority and no
freedom to act.
It would take several years after its approved
Money Problems
• Once the Revolutionary War was over and the
Treaty of Paris signed, there were terrible
money troubles for the United States.
The nation owed more than 76 million to foreign
countries individual Americans, and state banks.
In Massachusetts, money problems at home
inspired a rebellion
Constitutional Convention
• To solve the many problems
of the United states, fifty
five men arrived in
Philadelphia. The goal of
the meeting was to change
the articles Confederation
to make the federal
government stronger.
Twelve of the thirteen
states sent delegates.
•
Arguments of land
Another problem faced the new country-what to
do with the enormous lands the United States
gained after winning the Revolutionary war.
The land Ordinance and the northwest
Ordinance set the stage for a huge movement of
settlers westward in the early 1800s.
The outlook for the new nation had turned from
the grimness of the future.
The Louisiana Purchase
• With all this prosperity and expansion leaders
of the United States making plans.
• Bonaparte had some major in a war in Europe,
and he needed troops and money.
• The purchase added 800,000 square miles in
200,000 people to the United Sates.
Exploration and war
• In May 1804 President Thomas Jeff
erson sent two army officers-Meri