AMERICAN AMERICAN REVOLUTION PROJECT Brooklyn,2011,7nth
Brooklyn,2011,7nth grade
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TIMELINE 1770 On march 5 1770,Colonist throw snowballs at brit
guard on duty, Soldiers fire into crowd five people dead, Known as
the Boston Massacre
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April 1770, new prime minister tried to improve relations with
colonists Townshend acts were repealed, except the tax on tea
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1772 Adams org. Committees of Correspondence in Mass. Soon
formed in other colonists As well.
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In 1773 the Brits east India comp. asked Lord North for help
with financial troubles thus the Tea Act gave them rights to sell
directly to Americans w/o paying the tax Sam Adams protest act
against Par. laws
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1773: Fall 3 ships with 500,000 pounds of East India tea on
their way to Boston,New York, Phil., and Charles Town, The Sons Of
Lib. Dumped over 300 chests of tea into Boston harbor
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March 1774 Par. Passed the Coercive acts, which closed down
Boston harbor until payment for the tea was made. 1774 56 del. Met
in Phil. To form First Con. Congress every colonists except Georgia
participated Winter 1774 par. Debated how to respond to colonists
Some wanted a peaceful solution King George wouldnt listen
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In spring 1775 brits making plans against militia April 18 th
1775 Paul R. and William D. get on their horses with news that the
redcoats were coming 700 brit soldiers marched toward Concord,they
reached Lexington and met 70 minutemen May 1775 Second Con.
Congress met and appointed G. Washington to build a army,congrees
trying to avoid war
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1775 they sent King G the Olive Branch Petition, but they
failed King declared the American's rebles
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1776 brit left Boston Jan. Thomas Paine published Common Sense
July 4 1776 Dec. of Independence was approved by Delegates Jan.
1777 G. Washington defeated the British at Princeton,New Jersey
Americans attacked Burgoyne brits lost hundreds of men, and tried
to retreat but americans surrounded them.
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In Feb. 1778 the French King Louis XVI signed the treaty of
Alliance, giving the Americans support In 1777-78 Washingtons army
endured a cold winter at Valley Forge In 1778 George Rogers Clark
(Virginia) led volunteers on a raid against the British in Ohio
valley
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In 1779 an American warship attacked British warship and won
1,200 loyalists were killed, hurt or taken prisoner during the
fight at King Mountain South Carolina 1780,which the Colonists won.
raid of the British by Francis Marion (Swamp Fox) led the
raiders
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Two generals,Daniel Morgan and Nathaniel Greene won battles for
the South on Jan. 17 1781 Morgan beat the British In the Battle of
Cowpens.
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CREDITS!!! RRitchie, Donald A., and Albert S. Broussard.
American History the Early Years to 1877. New York, NY:
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2001. Print.