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UNIVERSIDAD
NACIONAL MAYOR DE
SAN MARCOS
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN
PROGRAMA DE LICENCIATURA PARA PROFESORES SIN TÍTULO
PEDAGÓGICO
EN LENGUA EXTRANJERA
Quispe Huayta, Mirardo
Orellana Zevallos ,Omar enrique
Noriega Barrena ,María Antonieta

The history of the American Revolution, it is the story
of how the 13 British colonies in America became
independent of Great Britain during the period 1775
to 1783, giving birth to a new nation: The United
States of America.
This revolution consisted in two events:
the War of Independence between 1775 and 1783
The formation of a government stipulated in the
Constitution of the United States in 1787.
SECTION
1.
2.
3.
4.
The 13 American colonies
The colonial revolt
The war of independence
Organization of the united
states
IMAGES
Boycotting British Goods
Battle of Lexington
Attack on Bunker’s Hill, with
the Burning of Charleston
QUICK FACTS
MAPS
The 13 American colonies
The battle of Yorktown
VIDEO
Briefly history of America
Tar And Feather
The Boston Tea Party (1773)
The Boston Massacre (March
5,1770)
Tensions Between Britain And
America, 1765–1775
Strengths And Weaknesses Of
The Continental And British
Armies
Declaration Of Independence
Visual Summary: The
Revolutionary Era
The Minutemen
Bunker Hill
The Second Congress and The Hessianos
The Common Sense and The Declaration
of The Independence
Famous People
They were:
• Members of teams of select men from The American Colonial militia
during The American Revolutionary War.
• They were called like this because they´re ready to fight in one minute.
• Their teams were about a quarter of the entire militia.
• Paul Revere transmitted information about British Regular (soldiers)
were coming out. After Revere was captured before completing his
mission when British marched toward the arsenal in Lexington and
Concord to collect the weapon.
• The Minutemen were the first armed militia to arrive or await a battle.
In addition…
• Minutemen participated in many battles like in
Massachusetts during the mid – seventeenth century,
French and Indian was in the 1750´s which Minutemen
also played a role.
• Minutemen had been a well – trained force for six
generations in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• Unfortunately, The Minutemen lacked was central
leadership.
• It occurred on the Charlestown Peninsula on the North side of Boston
Harbour.
• In this battle was British troops of the Boston Garrison against troops of
the American Continental Army.
• The generals were Major General Howe against General Artemas Ward
and General Israel Putnam
• The size of the armies were 2,400 British Troops against 1,500
Americans.
• The Americans lost many men in the battle.
• Bunker Hill was the start of a journey in military education.
• British forces are portrayed as more competent and disciplined.
• The Second Continental Congress and The Hessianos had a
meeting in Philadelphia in May, 1775.
• The Congress vote in favor of asking each colony.
• George Washington was chosen commandant of the new
army.
• The American army invaded Canada and try Quebec, but
lost.
• George King hired soldiers from Germany Hesse
• The British payed Hesse Prince $500,000 of year, more $35
for each death of Hesse and $12 for each hurted.
Independence Hall
Declaration of Independence (1776)
• In January 1776, an English called Thomas Paine published a
small book.
• This book was Common Sense, which affirmed Jorge III had a
bad government and The United States of America should be an
independent country.
• The Second Congress Continental had a meeting in 1776, they
agree The United States of America should get its independence.
• In June 7th the expedition get an important aspect about Richard
Henry Lee from Virginia who said to American should break any
relation with England.
• There was a committee which were: John Adams
(Massachusetts), Ben Flanklin (Pennsylvania), Roger
Sherman (Connecticut), Thomas Jefferson (Virginia) and
Robert Livingston (Nueva York).
• Jefferson worked in the Declaration of Independence during
three weeks, on Friday 28th The Declaration was read in the
congress.
• The Declaration was accepted by The Second Continental
Congress, fifty six men signed The Declaration, The first who
signed was John Hancock.
• The Declaration of Independence shows England and other
countries that Americans are decided to became an
independent nation.
• Nathan Hole was a teacher from south school of Coventry,
Connecticut.
• Nathan Hole got information and put it inside his shoe.
• He portrayed a Dutch teacher to get information.
• Nathan Hole was the first American who was captured by British
people because he was a spy during The Revolution and he was
hanged in September 22nd 1776.
• Other famous women during The American Revolution were:
Abigail Adams, Lydia Darragn, María Pickersgill, Anne Bailey,
María Goddard de Katherine, Deborah Sampson, Margaret
Corbin, Sybil Ludington, Philis Wheatley.
There were a variety of religions in the colonies.
Its economy was based on agriculture (the Trading activity was
very important)
The society was essentially rural, more equal in the North and
most aristocratic in the South, but prevailed in general a large
middle class.
Three-quarters of the inhabitants were black people.
Political organization of the 13 colonies:
1 - Governor (appointed by the English crown)
2 - Assembly (legislative function)
3 - Council (appointed by the Governor)
The rebellion of the 13 American Colonies against Great
Britain was due to defend their interests harmed by the
colonial policy of George III.
The British government following its victory in the Seven
Years War (1756-1763) due to colonial rivalries with
France and Spain, the settlers decided to impose new
taxes and direct taxes (on paper or stamp seal and
sugar) to cover expenses incurred by the war, as the
colonies were the main beneficiaries of it.
• The colonies rejected these laws because they did not have any
votes nor representatives in Parliament in London, it was not
approved by the colonial assemblies.
In 1765. they disagreed with British and refused to import
British goods, making the stamp abolish the law.
In 1767, Parliament set charges on paper, lead, glass and tea.
The colonial bourgeoisie turned back to the boycott and all
taxes were abolished except the one on tea.
TAR AND FEATHER
• “The Sons of Liberty ” used
violence to scare off the tax
collectors.
• The Stamp Act was
repealed (to do away with)
because of all the protests.
The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)
Colonial men were shouting insults
at the British soldiers.
They started throwing things,
probably snow balls and rocks.
Five colonists were killed. These
were the first Americans killed in
the War for Independence.
Samuel Adams started calling the
incident the Boston Massacre. He
used the incident to get more people
angry at the British.
• In 1773, the colonies protested that the Government had
granted the East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea.
In the port of Boston (Mass.) unknown assailants disguised as
Indians took the cargo of tea from the ships of the Company.
• British responded in 1774 by closing the port as a punitive
measure against the inhabitants of the colony of
Massachusetts, but this raised anger to new riots and the
beginning of the war.
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
Parliament began taxing tea. Tea
was the most important beverage in
the colonies.
The colonists decided to boycott
all British tea.
Colonists dressed up like Mohawk
Indians and boarded three British
ships full of tea.
The colonists dumped all the tea
into the harbor, about 90,000 pounds.
• Congress in 1787 drafted the first written constitution in history to
change the political system.
The new state would have a federal structure. Each state had its own
government, who could make decisions on certain issues (police, health,
education, justice ...) and above them was a strong federal government,
responsible foreign policy, defense, trade, taxes and currency of the
country .
The Constitution established a republican form of government and
ensured the separation and balance of powers (executive, legislative and
judicial). George Washington was elected first president of the United
States of America.
• The American Revolution is the first example of a
successful revolution based on the principles of political
liberalism which explains what explains their impact on
the rest of the world, in Europe inspired the
revolutionary struggle of the bourgeoisie.
Internet Link About The
American Revolution
• http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/RevW
ar/AmRevolution.htm
• http://www.edtech.kennesaw.edu/web.amrevol
.html
• http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/index.ht
m
• http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
• http://portales.educared.net/wikiEducared/ind
ex.php?title=La_independencia_de_las_colonias_
americanas.