AMERICAN REVOLUTION
U.S. History Chapter 4
1. COLONIAL ECONOMIES
The primary cause of
economic differences
among the colonies in
North America was
geography. Longer
growing season in the
South led to an
agriculture-based
economy.
2. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
Both the Mayflower
Compact and the
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut laid the
foundation for the growth
of representative
government in the
colonies.
3. MERCANTILIST POLICIES
The principle purpose of the
13 colonies was to provide
Great Britain with raw
materials and markets.
• Colonies served as market for British
goods
• Colonies provided raw material for
Britain
• Imports into colonies had to arrive on
British ships
• Some colonial goods could be sold
only to Britain
4. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
Colonists fought with
British to gain land from
France and Native
Americans in the Ohio
River Valley.
5. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
• Proclamation of 1763:
after war, Britain issued
law to avoid conflicts
between colonists and
Native Americans.
• This proclamation
angered colonists
because it limited their
freedom to move west.
6. STAMP ACT
After the French
and Indian War,
Britain passed the
Stamp Act to help
pay for the war.
7. STAMP ACT
Angry colonists
participated in actions in
opposition to the act and
protested the tax with
petitions and violent
protests.
8. “NO TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION”
Colonists believed in the
need for the consent of
the governed, that they
should be able to
approve any taxes.
9. INTOLERABLE ACTS
One protest, known as
the Boston Tea Party,
led to Britain passing
the Intolerable Acts.
10. INTOLERABLE ACTS
The Intolerable Acts
included:
• Quartering troops in
private homes
• Contributed to the
calling of the 1st
Continental Congress
11. EVENTS LEADING TO
REVOLUTION
• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
Led to outbreak of the
American Revolution
12. “SHOT HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD”
• Minutemen from
Concord and Lexington
fired on British troops
who were attempting to
capture an arsenal of
colonial weapons.
• 1st shots of the
Revolution were fired at
Lexington.
13. THOMAS PAINE
Author of Common
Sense, Paine advocated
for declaring
independence from
England.
14. 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
The most important
accomplishment of the
congress was the
creation of the
Declaration on
Independence.
15. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
“Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Happiness” was
used to identify
unalienable rights.
16. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
According to the
Declaration of
Independence, the main
purpose of government is
to protect rights of
individuals.
17. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Author Thomas Jefferson
was most influenced by
Enlightenment thinker
John Locke’s social
contract theory. Locke
thought people had
natural rights, such as
equality and liberty.
18. BATTLE OF SARATOGA
The Battle of Saratoga
was a turning point in the
Revolution. Due to the
Patriot victory over the
British, France formed an
open military alliance to
help the patriots.
19. HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION
• George Washington,
Commander of the
Continental Army
• John Paul Jones, naval
commander who
declared, “I have not
yet begun to fight!”
20. HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION
• Wentworth Cheswell, African
American patriot and soldier
• Haym Solomon, Jewish
merchant who helped
finance the Revolution
• Bernardo de Galvez, governor
of Spanish Louisiana
• Crispus Attucks, African
American spy killed in the
Boston Massacre
21. BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
The Patriot victory at
Battle of Yorktown ended
the American Revolution.
Cornwallis’ British troops
surrendered to
Washington’s army.
22. TREATY OF PARIS
The Treaty of Paris in 1783
gave the newly formed
United States recognition
of its independence from
Britain.
23. REVOLUTIONARY ERA
Order of Events:
1639: Fundamental
Orders of Connecticut
1759: French & Indian War
1773: Boston Tea Party
1776: Declaration of
Independence
24. REVOLUTIONARY ERA
This Era in which various
individuals sought to
create an independent
American republic is
known as the
Revolutionary Era.