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A presentation by Steven Förster and Christian Baufeld

American war of independence

Boston Tea Party

1773

Causes:

- many wars in Europe

-> England has high depts

- colonists had no political right of participation

-> dont want to pay taxes

protest against British government

- 50 Boston inhabitants

-> put the tea packets in the harbor basin

- Indian covering: protest

What happened?

start of the american war of independence

Consequences

- Great Britain

- German troops

- Indian allies

- 13 colonies

- France

- Spain

- Netherlands

- Indian allies

George Washington

- born 2/22/1732 in Virginia

- died 12/14/1799

- supreme commander of the 13 colonies

America

George III. from England

- king of Britain and Ireland during the American war of independence

- unpopular in America

- held on to war

Great Britain

First Confrontations

1775

- first conflict

- unknown, who fired first

- British troops fell back to Boston

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Seizure of New York

1776

- George Washington wanted to defend New York

- no chance against too much British soldiers

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- 7/4/1776

- breaking to Britain

- 56 delegates signed

- original is kept in Washington

Declaration of independence

Thomas Jefferson

co-authors:

John Adams

Benjamin Franklin

Robert T. Livingston

Roger Sherman

authors

3 parts:

- Preambel (Introduction)

- Indictment of the British king

- Final declaration

content

important points:

- Right of life

- Right of freedom

Battle of Saratoga

1777

- British troops want to seperate the American colonies (Saratoga-Campaigne)

-> tactic didnt work

- Battle of Saratoga was the turning point

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big support

- American-French Alliance

- also Dutch support

-> war of independence become an international conflict

1778

- British troops got chased by Washington

- able to escape

Battle of Monmouth

Battle of Yorktown

1781

- 15.200 soldiers under Washington against 8.000 British soldiers

- siege of Yorktown

- 17 October: British commander gave up

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Treaty of Paris

- ended the war of independence

- Great Britain officially recognized the 13 colonies as the United States of America

1783

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