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American Revolution Review

American Revolution Review. How did the Revolutionary War begin?. In September 1774 the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to protest the ____________Acts and to organize a new ____________________ movement.

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American Revolution Review

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  1. American RevolutionReview

  2. How did the Revolutionary War begin? • In September 1774 the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to protest the ____________Acts and to organize a new ____________________ movement. • In Massachusetts itself the new governor, Gen. Thomas_______, decided not to keep the assembly in session, knowing it would do nothing but protest Britain's actions. • The assembly refused to disband and continued to meet as a ___________to take measures against the exercise of arbitrary power. • Tax revenues were diverted from the official treasury to the___________. Fearing reprisals, it urged the town militias to make themselves ready and provided for the collection of arms. • When the Governor heard that a cache of arms had been stored at ____________twenty-one miles from Boston, he felt obligated to send troops to destroy it • At_____________ in the early morning hours they encountered a small, confused band of militiamen and shots were fired.

  3. The British are coming!

  4. How did the war go? (Battles) • At first the Americans fared pretty well, winning the first two battles at Fort _______________and ____________Point under Ethan ________ and Benedict ___________. • Congress appointed ____________ the commanding General of the American forces. Considered one of the most important single actions in Congress. • The Battle of __________ was a defeat militarily but a victory for moral issues when the Americans lost only when they ran out of ammunition and gun powder. • The invasion of __________ is bittersweet; ultimately got the British out of Boston but put doubt on morality of fighting defensively for grievances. • Washington narrowly escaped Howe and his forces by crossing the ________________ River. • In the battle of _____________by Burgoyne surrendered to Gates and ultimately brought the French on the American side. • The Battle of ___________ surrounded Cornwallis by land and sea and ended the war.

  5. Battle of Bunker Hill

  6. Stuff they wrote: • John Dickenson penned the ____________ but the King refused it. • _____________ wrote Common Sense which was read by almost everyone, including some slaves, (that is 3million an equivalent pamphlet would have to sell 35 million copies) which swung popular opinion to independence. • The _______________ was a document to announce the grievances the Americans had with the British government; to get support from other world and to place merit on their revolution.

  7. Peace…. • The _______ Lakes and ___________ border became the northern U.S. boundary, the _____________River the western boundary, and Spanish ____________the southern boundary. • The treaty also gave Americans _________ rights off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. • _____________ could not be further persecuted and Congress was to recommend that that property restored. • Ultimately winning this war and signing this treaty _____________ America as a nation to all nations in the world.

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