AmericanRevolution.ppt

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Barack Hussein Obama


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Election

Direct vote of the

peopleElectoral college

538 members


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in 1876, when Rutherford B.Hayes beat Samuel Tilden;

in 1888, when Benjamin

Harrison defeated Grover

Cleveland; and

in 2000, when George W. Bushprevailed overAl Gore.


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VS.

VS


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Walang Pagbubuwis kung

walang Representasyon


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Boston Tea Party1773

Intolerable Acts.


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1765 Stamp Act


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Unang Kongresong

Kontinentalika-5 ng Setyembre, 1774, 56 kinatawan ng mgakolonya

ang dumalo dito

Patrick Henry


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Britain Americans

Advantages ? ?

Disadvantages ? ?

On the Eve of the

Revolution ?


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Loyalist

Strongholds


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Washingtons Headaches

Only 1/3 of the colonists were infavor of a war for independence [theother third were Loyalists, and thefinal third were neutral].

State/colony loyalties.Congress couldnt tax to raise moneyfor the ContinentalArmy.

Poor training [untilthe arrival ofBaron von Steuben.


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Exports & Imports: 1768-1783


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Military Strategies

Attrition [theBrits had a longsupply line].

Guerilla tactics[fight aninsurgent war you dont haveto win a battle,

just wear theBritish down]

Make analliance withone of Britains

enemies.

The Americans The BritishBreak thecolonies in halfby gettingbetween the

No. & the So.Blockade theports to preventthe flow ofgoods andsupplies from anally.

Divide andConquer usethe Loyalists.


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Phase I:The Northern Campaign[1775-1776]


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Bunker Hill (June, 1775)

The British suffered over 40% casualties.


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Phase II:

NY & PA[1777-1778]


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New York City in Flames(1776)


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Washington Crossing the Delaware

Painted by Emanuel Leutze, 1851


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Saratoga:

Turning Pointof the War?

A modern-day re-enactment

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Phase III:The SouthernStrategy [1780-1781]


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Britains Southern Strategy

Britain thought that there were moreLoyalists in the South.

Southern resources were morevaluable/worth preserving.

The British win a number of smallvictories, but cannot pacify thecountryside [similar to U. S. failuresin Vietnam!]

Good US General:Nathanial Greene


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The Battle of Yorktown (1781)

Count deRochambeau

AdmiralDe Grasse


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Cornwallis Surrender at Yorktown:

Painted by John Trumbull, 1797

TheWorldTurnedUpsideDown!


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North America After theTreaty of Paris, 1783


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Wholesale

PriceIndex:1770-1789

F d li t A ti F d li t


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Federalist vs. Anti-FederalistStrongholds at the End of the War


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Weaknesses of theArticles of Confederation

A unicameral Congress[9 of 13 votes to pass a law].

13 out of 13 to amend.Representatives werefrequently absent.

Could not tax or raise armies.

No executive or judicialbranches.


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State Constitutions

Republicanism.

Most had strong governors with vetopower.

Most had bicameral legislatures.

Property required for voting.

Some had universal white malesuffrage.

Most had bills of rights.

Many had a continuation of state-established religions while othersdisestablished religion.

O i l C i i f


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Occupational Composition ofSeveral State Assemblies

in the 1780s

I di L d C i


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Indian Land Cessions:1768-1799

Di p t d T it i l Cl im


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Disputed Territorial ClaimsBetween Spain & the U. S.:

1783-1796


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State Claims to Western Lands


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N th t O di f 1787


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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

One of the major accomplishments of theConfederation Congress!

Statehood achieved in three stages:

1. Congress appointed 3 judges & a governor togovern the territory.

2. When population reached 5,000 adult malelandowners elect territorial legislature.

3. When population reached 60,000 electdelegates to a state constitutional convention.


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The United States in 1787


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American Exports, To & FromBritain: 1783-1789


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Annapolis Convention (1786)

12 representatives from 5 states[NY, NJ, PA, DE, VA]

GOAL address barriers thatlimited trade and commerce between

the states.Not enough states were representedto make any real progress.

Sent a report to the Congress to calla meeting of all the states to meetin Philadelphia to examine areasbroader than just trade andcommerce.

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Shays Rebellion: 1786-7

Daniel ShaysWestern MA

Small farmers angered by crushing

debts and taxes.


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Shays Rebellion: 1786-7

There could be nostronger evidence of

the want of energy inour governments thanthese disorders.

-- George Washington

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