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American War Revolution Facts

[BY ALICD] 8 de julio de 2016

A m e r i c a n W a r R e v o l u t i o n C a u s e s

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The Stamp Act

passed in March

1765, and It was

designed to force

colonists to pay a tax for

special stamps in papers,

newspapers, pamphlets,

in all commercial and

legal papers.

Therefor, Samuel Adams

organized the secret Sons

of Liberty organization in

order to protests against

the Stamp Act.

Taxatation Without

Representation and

Declaratory Act



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American colonists did

want to pay taxes to

England because they

had no representation in

the English Parliament.

Parliament and the King

repealed the Stamp Act

in March, 1766, but

replaced it the

Declaratory Act. Which

gave the British

government exclusive

power to pass laws for

governing the colonies.

Boston Massacre

The confrontation in

Boston on March 5th,

1770, became

known as the Boston

Massacre.

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It Bengan when a large

group of locals started

taunting to British soldiers

with snowballs, stones.

Several British soldiers

came to the rescue of

the soldiers being taunted

and open fired on the

crowd. It was the first

fatality from bullet

wounds by Killing five

people.

Colonists, were very

agitated with the

increased taxes put on

them by the British

government, as well as

the increased presence

of British troops in town.

Tensions between the

colonists and the British

troops built to a point that

led to that confrontation.

Samuel Adams:

“Committee of Corrrespondence”

In 1772, Samuel Adams

called for a meeting to

select a “Committee Of

Correspondence”. In



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order to state the rights of

the colonists.

Committees were set up

virtually in all the other

colonies, growing a base

of an effective

revolutionary

organizations.

The Boston “Tea Party”

On the night of

December 16, 1773,

Samuel Adams and the

Sons of Liberty boarded

three ships in the Boston

harbor and threw 342

chests of tea overboard.



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It was an act of protest by

American colonists

against Britain.

Britain realized it could

make more money of

tea trade by imposing

taxes to the American

colonies.

Battle Of Lexington

and Concord

On the night of April 18,

1775, hundreds of British

troops marched from

Boston to Concord in

order to arrest the rebels

leaders and seize stored

arms.

The colonists began

mobilizing to intercept

them.

In April 19, 1775, a

confrontation on the



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Lexington town green

started off the fighting.

Franco-American

Alliance

Benjamin

Franklin

was sent to Paris

in orde to

negotiate and

secure a formal alliance

and treaty with France.

France Began

Providing aid

to the colonies

in May,1776.

It was sent 14 Ships with

war supplies to America.



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Treaty Of Amity

and Commerce

On February 6, 1778, The

colonies and France

signed it. It was

recognized

the United

States as an

independen

t nation and

encourage

d trade between France

and the America.

Treaty Of

Alliance

Neither

country

would lay

down its

arms until

the colonies won their

Independence, neither

would conclude peace

without the consent of

the other.



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America and

France went to

war

In June 1778, British Ships

fired on French vessels

and they went on war.

Spain Entered

the Conflict.

Spain was hoping to

reacquire territories taken

by Britain and allied to

France.

Britain

Declared War

on the Dutch

Because Dutch

continued to trade with

the Americans.

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