Transcript American Revolution

American Revolution
Enlightenment
• Philosophes started getting more and
more people listening to them
– Enlightened despots
• Powerful people in government and society
– Would host parties were people would discuss
their ideas
• Parties were illegal and people could get in trouble
for being there
• Censorship
– Governments began censoring material
– Could not talk bad about government
• Voltaire and others would write satires
– Change names and places
• Wizard of oz
• Ideas spread to places like the United
States
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• America was under English Control
– Not too much enforcement
• Other wars to fight
• Far away
– Started to become a profitable country
• Started French and Indian War (1763)
– England felt colonists should pay for war
• Started raising taxes
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• England started tightening its control over
colonists
• Colonists were not happy
– Protesting
• Zenger Trial
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
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• Continental Congress met
– 1st meetings about how they should handle
English Situation
– Wrote Declaration of Independence
• Signs of John Locke and Montesquieu
• Natural rights
• Started Revolution
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• Many battles broke out
– British won most of them
– Native Americans, slaves sided with Britain
• Battle of Saratoga
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1st major American victory
Convinced France to support colonists
Provided many supplies, ammunition, and soldiers
Later Netherlands and Spain helped
• French and colonists together were too much for
British to handle
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• British surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia
• Treaty of Paris
– Recognized the independence of the United
States
• New government was formed
– Articles of Confederation- failed
– Constitution- success
– Enlightenment ideas
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• Assignment
– Pretend that this class is breaking away from
Farmington High School and creating a new school.
– Write your own declaration of Independence
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Introduction statement
5 grievances about FHS
5 ideas about your new school
3 Enlightenment ideas
Closing statement
Name of school