The document provides an overview of key events and people in the American Revolutionary War. It discusses long term causes of the war, including struggles over colonies and the Proclamation of 1763 preventing westward expansion. Key battles are summarized such as Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown. Critical figures on both sides including Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Arnold and British generals Gage, Howe, Burgoyne and Cornwallis are also mentioned. The document concludes with effects of the war such as the Treaty of Paris and the establishment of freedom, union and republicanism in the new United States.
9. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
PROCLAMATION LINE PREVENTS
WESTWARD SETTLEMENT
COLONISTS ANGERED
10. “NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”
PRIME MINISTER LORD NORTH
FORCES THE ”INTOLERABLE ACTS”
DOWN THE THROAT OF AMERICA.
BEHIND, MOTHER BRITANNIA WEEPS.
11. BOSTON MASSACRE (MARCH 1770)
COLONISTS FORM MOB AROUND
BRITISH SENTRY
BRITISH TROOPS FIRE INTO
UNARMED CROWD
KILL 5 CIVILIANS
EXAMPLE OF BRITISH “CRUELTY”
TROOPS GIVEN TRIAL
DEFENDED BY JOHN
ADAMS
PAUL REVERE’S ENGRAVING
33. INVASION OF CANADA (1775-76)
AMERICANS TRY TO GAIN PROVINCE OF
QUEBEC
BLIZZARD = DISASTROUS DEFEAT FOR
AMERICANS
OPENED NORTH FRONTIER TO BRITISH
BURGOYNE AND HESSIANS REINFORCE
DEATH OF MONTGOMERY
AMERICAN LEADER
34. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGNS (1776–77)
[FIRST] BATTLE OF TRENTON, DEC. 26, 1776
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