1. The American
Revolution

2. 13 colonies

3. 1750
• More than 1million people
• Supplying raw materials
• British Ruled
• Really Self Governed
• What does that mean?
• 13 little parliments

4. Britain & France at War
• French Indian War aka 7 years war
• 1756
• Control of the Ohio River Valley
• British settlers
• French Forts in the way

5. British Won!
• Need new source of revenue
• cover war costs

6. Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act
• Declaratory Act

7. No taxation without
representation!
• Colonies were self governing
• Boycott British goods
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea party

8. 1st Continental Congress
• Send King George a letter
• Pledged allegiance
• Demanded repeal of the coercive act
• Declared a boycott
• Agreed to meet again

9. Straight trippin’
• King George sent more troops to Boston
• Colonies formed militias
• Red Coats sent to take the militia's armory
• Faced off at Lexington & Concord

11. 2nd continental congress
• We meet again
• Organized an army (led by who?)
• 1776 T-pain wrote common sense “tyranny”
• Need complete independence

12. Declaration of
Independence
• Thomas Jefferson
• Break up letter
• “free & independent
• Listed grievances
• “life liberty & property” natural rights
• Governments duty to protect those rights

13. All out War!

14. SO who won?

15. Setting up a government
• Articles of Confederation
• Issues with federalism
• Constitution
• Solid Federalism
• Separation of powers
• Popular sovereignty

16. Not quite right
• Some refused to ratify without a guarantee of individual
rights
• Bill of Rights

17. Influence
• French Revolution
• Latin American Revolutions