PPT-The American Revolutionary War

By James Finn The Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was an incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbour They were thrown by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. Overall Unit. I. . Age of the Articles of Confederation (1776-1789). II. Age of Federalism (1789-1800). III. Jefferson, the Era of Good Feeling, and the Embargo(1800-1809). Revolution. I. Revolution (looking ahead). The Case of the USSR. Lucan way, University of Toronto. What explains . authoritarian durability?. Revolutionary Regimes among the most durable forms of authoritarianism in the modern era. Average tenure of Revolutionary Regimes since 1900: . The Battles of The . Revolutionary . War. Sections 4 and 5. Colonial Militia and Minutemen. Britain had large numbers of well trained militia. Soldiers’ uniforms included bright red jackets. The colonists called the soldiers “. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. - Charles Dickens. The French Revolution is a movement of God. It is a pure gift to progress. - Victor Hugo. Terror is only justice: prompt, severe, inflexible. It is an emanation of virtue. – Robespierre. The Journal of William Thomas Emerson. By Barry . Denenberg. Chase Mueller. 1 Cup of Plot. The story is about the Revolutionary War in Boston, Massachusetts in 1774.It is written like a journal . The book describes what happens to William Thomas Emerson . He is a 12 year old kid that becomes a patriot . William makes friends and goes on spy missions . He helps British soldiers who want to leave the British Army get away . The book also tells what life was like in the Colonies . . War historical time period. Khalil Carter. Revolutionary . War facts. Colonists in America wanted independence from England. .. For ten years before the war actually started, there was a lot of tension . The Second Continental Congress. Called as result of fighting in Massachusetts. Met in Philadelphia . (May. , . 1775). Radicals (John & Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, etc.) wanted war. Moderates (John Dickinson – PA) looking for reconciliation. Readings: . Smith, et al., 771-776. D . 18.7: “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen”. Enlightenment Ideas. The spread of revolutionary ideas across the Atlantic world in the second half of the eighteenth century followed the trail of Enlightenment ideas (in a way, the product of the new scientific method based on reason in action):. The French Revolution is a movement of God. It is a pure gift to progress. - Victor Hugo. Terror is only justice: prompt, severe, inflexible. It is an emanation of virtue. – Robespierre. Persistent . Introduction Stuff. . A Small Handful of White Guys did NOT wake up one morning and think, . “Hey, we should have an American Revolution and throw the British . out of N. America.. No one was an American Yet.. Muskets. Principal weapon was the musket.. 1. st. musket developed 400 years before the Revolutionary War had no trigger mechanism.. Matchlock Musket. By 1500, the matchlock musket was developed.. It had a trigger and hammer to force the musket ball out.. Muskets. Principal weapon was the musket.. 1. st. musket developed 400 years before the Revolutionary War had no trigger mechanism.. Matchlock Musket. By 1500, the matchlock musket was developed.. It had a trigger and hammer to force the musket ball out.. Unit #3 – The American Revolution Please copy the following words in your vocabulary notebook: Natural Rights: Universal rights, such as life, liberty that, according to philosophers, derive from nature rather than a government. War Breaks Out . (not that war . . . Yet!). Tensions . over . land in the colonies finally come to a head.. War breaks out between . England. . and . France. .. It is called the . Seven Years War. .