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The American Revolution

Explore how the thirteen colonies won independence and fought to preserve and expand republican government during the American Revolution. Learn about the political and economic challenges of the 1780s and how they were addressed.

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The American Revolution

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  1. 1775 1787 The American Revolution 1

  2. MAIN THEMES • How the thirteen colonies were able to win American independence from the most powerful empire of the eighteenth century. • How the American Revolution was not simply a war for independence, but also a struggle to preserve and expand republican government on the state and national level. • The political and economic problems of the 1780s and how they were addressed.

  3. MAJOR THEMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY WAR SLAVERY RELIGION PERIODS: COLONIAL REVOLUTIONARY ANTEBELLUM IMPERIALISM NATION BUILDING REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION REFORM NATIVISM / RACISM

  4. COMBATANTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ANGLOAMERICAN Population: 3.5 million 250,000 Under Arms (5.7) AFRAMERICAN Pro British - 80,000 (took Refuge) Pro American - 5000 AMERINDIAN 50,000 Under Arms Pro British Iroquios Cherokee Pro American - Other

  5. WAR IN THE NORTH 1775 - 1777

  6. BURGOYNE’S INVASION 

  7. The War for Independence   • The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region  

  8. WAR IN THE SOUTH 1777 - 1781

  9. Bernardo de Galvez’ attack on Florida, 1781

  10. The Battle of Yorktown Cornwallis 7500 Washington 2500 Rochambeau 4000 De Grasse 3000

  11. The States United • Defining American War Aims  • The Declaration of Independence   • Mobilizing for War  

  12. THOMAS PAINE 1737-1809 1776 – Common Sense 1777 – American Crises 1792 – Rights of Man Background Deist Republican

  13. Securing Aid from Abroad  • Two Myths • Washington • Franklin

  14. War and Society   • Loyalists and Minorities   Tarring and Feathering (Library of Congress)

  15. War and Society • The War Economy • Blockades • Privateers • Types of Participation • Militia • Regulars • Losers • Amerindians • British • Taxpayers

  16. The Creation of State Governments   • The Assumptions of Republicanism   • The First State Constitutions • Limited Executive Powers • Increased Suffrage • Revising State Governments • Constitutional Conventions •  Powerful Governors  • Toleration and Slavery

  17. The Search for a National Government   • The Confederation • No standing Army • No regulation of Trade • No Taxation  

  18. The Search for a National Government •  The Confederation • No standing Army • No regulation of Trade • No Taxation   • The Confederation and the Northwest   • Land Ordinance of 1785 • Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays  • National Debt • “Continental Impost”  • Diplomatic Failures • No British evacuation  

  19. Debating the Past: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION  

  20. TIMELINE: THE REVOLTING 19TH CENTURY 1775-1783 – American Revolution  1786-1787 – Shay’s rebellion  1789 -Outbreak of French Revolution  1794 – Whiskey Rebellion  1792-1812 – Amerindian Nativist Revolts  1794 – 1804 - The Haitian Revolution  1808 – Latin American Wars of Independence begin with the French conquest of Spain

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