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War of Independence

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American War of Independence

  • Main causes of the Revolutionary War

    • The British controlled the trade of the US (13 states)

    • The colonists (US) wanted free trade

    • The British put taxes on products – the disagreement with the Colonists resulted in:

  • The Boston Tea Party (1773)

    • Disguised Americans threw 340 cases of tea into the sea

    • As a result, the British passed “Intolerable Acts”, closed the Boston Harbour and sent more soldiers to keep order

  • The Continental Congress

    • Colonial leaders formed the First Continental Congress to fight the British oppression

    • The Second Continental Congress began to act as the American government

    • The SCC set up an army under the command of George Washington

    • Sent representatives to seek aid from France

    • July 4, 1776 the Congress cut all ties with the UK

    • July 4, 1776 the Congress issued the Declaration of Independence

  • The Declaration of Independence (1776)

    • The most important Document in American history

    • Written by Thomas Jefferson

    • “The 13 colonies were now free and independent states”

    • Named them “the United States of America”

  • George Washington

    • American statesman and soldier

    • The first President of the United States (unanimously elected)

    • One of the Founding Fathers of the US

    • Born into a wealthy family in Virginia

    • Commander in Chief of the US armed forces during the Revolutionary War

  • The Battle of Yorktown

    • The most important Battle of the Revolutionary war

    • George Washington’s army (Americans + French) surrounded British troops under gen. Cornwallis at Yorktown

    • The British were expecting British ships to arrive and rescue/help them

    • Instead French ships arrived and gen. Cornwallis was trapped

    • 1781 the Cornwallis’ army surrendered to George Washington

    • Since then the British started to withdraw their forces from the US

  • The Treaty of Paris

    • Was a peace treaty signed in 1783

    • Britain officially recognized her former colonies – the US – as an independent nation

  • Main effects of the Revolutionary War

    • The 13 colonies were recognized as the United States of America

    • Britain granted the US the region from Canada to Florida and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi river (roughly 1/3 of today’s US)

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