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Title: Revolutionary War Notes
Description: Detailed notes on everything covered during the period of the U.S. Revolutionary War. Five pages in length. Nicely typed, no errors. This was from my sophomore year of high school when I took U.S. History 1400-1800.

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Why were colonists opposed to the Stamp Act? 
They were already poor and were not happy about being taxed for all their paperwork
...
 
 
What was the Stamp Act? 
The Stamp Act taxed ALL papers, even legal documents! 
 
What was the Boston Tea Party? 
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston on December 16, 1773
...
 
 
What was Intolerable Acts? 
Meant to punish the colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston 
Harbor 
 
What was the Boston Massacre? 
60 colonists got mad at the Redcoats on patrol 
1st death was a black man named Crispus Attucks 
 
King George lll came to power at age 32 and was the king of England throughout the Revolution* 
 
British East India Company—packaged tea 
shut down Boston Harbor 
no Massachusetts colony (charter of Mass
...
  
 
­Strengths: Their supplies did not have to be shipped overseas— they were already at home, 
stubborn—the British could not persuade the Americans to give up their claims of independence, 
as the war continued, colonists began to gain validity, geographic vastness of the colonies was a 
hindrance for the British effort 
 
African Americans fought for both sides in the Revolutionary War* 
 
POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS: 
1
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 What would each have to do to win? 
 
     The British were wealthy, had a large army, strong, and on a winning streak
...
 Their supplies had to be shipped, and took months to 
arrive to the soldiers
...
 They bribed the indians, promising them 
protection over tribal lands if they fought on their side
...
 Their monies were low, and not every colonist wanted 
the war to occur
...
 To win, the colonists had to keep their values in line and remember what they 
were fighting for—their independence
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 Write your definition of conspiracy, then use this definition to argue that the colonists were or 
were not victims of a British conspiracy to rob them of their liberties
...
 I have mixed emotions 
about this—the colonists were in a way victims of a conspiracy from the British; their goal was to 
be free from all English control
...
 
They were practically free, besides the taxations from Britain
...
 Then again they are across seas and do 
not have to abide by Britain’s common ground rules, so in a sense, they are both victims and free
...
 It might be said that it was the British who were revolutionaries in 1763 and the colonists who 
were conservatives, reserving the status quote
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 The British were the conservatives in this 
stance, wanting to keep taxing the Americans
...
 The combat of Revolutionary War began spring 1775
...
 
 
5
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 Do you agree? Why or why not? 
 
     I do not think the colonists would have won without the French because the colonists were 
poor, and they depended on their financial aid
...
 
 
Describe and state the historical significance of the following: 
 
l Continental Congress 
Included John Adams, George Washington, and John Jay 
Issued a Declaration of Rights, affirming loyalty to the British crown but disputing the British 
Parliament’s right to tax it
...
 1774 
Disbanded in Oct
...
 War 
Became known as Congress of the Confederation and in June 1775 created the Continental Army 
and gave command of the Army to George Washington 
 
 
“Common Sense” was written by Thomas Bane* 
 
Treaty of Paris—1783* 
 
What was the Bunker Hill Battle? 

In June 1775, the British defeated the Americans in Massachusetts
...
 
 
What was the Battle of Saratoga? 
The turning point in the Rev
...
 When the French allied with the 
Americans, knowing that America surrendered to the British
...
 The Continental Army, led by 
George Washington, won agains the British, led by General Lord Charles Cornwallis
...
 
 
Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner
...
 He was opposed to slavery
...
 
 
Who is Charles Townshend? 
A British chancellor who enforced the Townshend act taxing paper, lead, paint, and tea upon the 
colonies, which eventually lead to the American Revolution
...
 
Who is King George lll? 
King of England during the American Revolutionary War
...
 In Boston
Title: Revolutionary War Notes
Description: Detailed notes on everything covered during the period of the U.S. Revolutionary War. Five pages in length. Nicely typed, no errors. This was from my sophomore year of high school when I took U.S. History 1400-1800.