American Revolution
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- Created on: 16-03-19 16:24
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- The American Revolution
- Causes
- Taxation
- Stamp Act 1765
- Tea Act 1773
- War against France was expensive, hence the Acts
- Declaratory Act 1766 bound America and the colonies to the Crown
- Growth of radical ideas
- Taxation
- Key events
- 1763 End of 7 year war with France, led to the Stamp Act in 1765
- 1765 Stamp Act Congress united colonies and opposed the Stamp Act
- 1766 Declaratory Act
- 1770 Boston Massacre
- 1773, Tea Act and Boston Tea Party
- 1775-1781, American War of Independence
- 1781, Battle of Yorktown
- Methods
- War of Independence
- French intervention
- Stamp Act Congress
- Boston Tea Party
- Pamphlets
- Key Individuals
- King George III
- Opposed to losing American colonies
- John Adams
- Founding Father, helped draft the Declaration of Independence
- Thomas Paine
- Wrote the Common Sense pamphlet in 1776, sold 500,000 in 2 months
- Thomas Jefferson
- Declaration of Independence "All men are created equal"
- George Washington
- Won Battle of Yorktown, 1st US President
- King George III
- Significance
- Short Term
- USA
- Radical ideas spread to Britain and John Wilkes demanded change in Parliament
- Adam Smith wrote the "Wealth of Nations"
- Slavery wasn't abolished
- Long Term
- Inspired the French Revolution in 1789
- Worsened British-French relations as it cost a lot of money
- Increased the size of the British empire as trade now focused on India
- Declaration of Independence is the foundation of modern day equality
- Short Term
- Causes
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