The American RevolutionBy: Dustin Murphy

The Roots of Revolution

• Boston Massacre.• Coercive Acts.• 1st Continental Congress• Battles of Lexington and

Concord.• 2nd Continental Congress.• Battle of Bunker Hill.• Olive Branch Petition.• Paul Revere’s ride.• Sybil Ludington.

Mid-Front of the War

• Independence is Declared on July 4th 1776.

• Washington Losses and Crossing the Delaware.

• Battle of Saratoga.• The Southern Campaign.

Washington Crossing the Delaware.

The End of the War• Surrender at Yorktown,

1781.• Treaty of Paris, 1783.• Guerilla Warfare and

Francis Marion, “The Swamp Fox.”

Questions?