Introdution to the American Revolution

Hello, class.

Now we began our introduction to the American Revolution.

This was a very important time for the American people

because when we decided that we're going to be independent

from Britain and that we should be a free and

autonomous country, there are many different people and nations involved

in this war, and we'll be going over that throughout

the entire unit.

The four main nations involved in the American Revolution are

the colonists or the Americans, which would be us, the

British, the French and the Native Americans that were living

here with us.

Some important names to remember when thinking about the American

Revolution include George, the third, who is the King in

Monarch during the time of the American Revolution.

George Washington, which was the general which led the Colonial

armies to sit to success.

Benjamin Franklin, which acted as a diplomat and one of

our chief writers of both the Declaration of Independence and

the Constitution.

Paul Revere, who had a famous story in the American

Revolution. Various other people, including Thomas Paine and various other

signers and governmental dignitaries that existed at the time and

help develop the country and the Constitution as we know

it today.

Some of the causes of the American Revolution include the

Stamp Act, which was the first stone in an avalanche

that became the war.

Taxation without representation is one of the common themes that

you're going to discover in the American Revolution.

This is important because this is one of the big

reasons in which this whole war even began.

We did not want to be not represented in the

British government and then proceeded to be heavily taxed.

It felt like theft.

Um, the next part, it felt like theft.

Prezi. The Stamp Act was the first stone in the

avalanche that became the war.

The stand back was basically attacks that all goods from

Britain were sold and then stamped.

And part of those, all those proceeds were then sent

back to Britain.

The concept of taxation without representation is going to be

key during the entire unit of the American Revolution because

that's one of the main causes in which we as

a people rallied behind.

We're also being forced to house British soldiers that's expressly

dealt with in the Constitution because it was a very

big deal prior to the development of the Constitution, the

towns and act, which was, Ah, Siris of various taxes,

again, taxation without representation.

And then that evolved into what's called the Boston Massacre,

a riot that turned into Ah, war and then developed

into the American Revolution.

And another concept is the Boston Tea Party.

This is an important event where colonialists invaded a British

ship through all the T on, said trade ship overboard,

ruining the cargo.

The British kingdom lost over a million dollars empty that

day. Some of the various outcomes of the American Revolution

include 7200 soldiers dead in battle and on the battlefield,

10,000 dead due to other factors disease, famine or suffering

injuries in battle and then proceeding to die because of

them. This is also beginning of the emancipation of slaves

in the North.

This is very important because as you progress through American

history, you'll find a lot of cause and effect.

And this is the beginning of the downfall of slavery

in America.

Just an important thing.

Some of the consequences of the American Revolution include the

Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Establishment America Constitution

is the document in which we used to rule our

government. The bill of rights is the 1st 10 amendments

to the Constitution, and they established the basic freedoms that

all people enjoy.

And the rest of the Constitution is basically rules and

regulations that inform on how our laws should act and

our government should act as a whole.

The Continental Congress drafted the Declaration of Independence.

This document is the first documented American people stating that

they get to choose their own government.

This is a big deal, just government without a king.

So when we said we're going to choose our own

government, we said, Hey, we don't really want a monarchy.

You don't want a king or a queen.

We want to rule ourselves through representatives and through an

elected official called the President.

This is some important vocabulary that you're gonna want toe

start learning in terms of going through the entirety of

the unit of the American Revolution.

I'll go over them with you.

Parliament, the part of the British government in which members

make laws for the British people, self government, the system

of government in which people make their own laws, democracy,

a government which people take part Legislature, the lawmaking branch

of a colony state government or the national government.

An ally, a friend or especially in a time of

war attacks money that is paid by the people to

run the country.

An authority control over someone or something.

Tariff. A tax on goods brought into a country.

A loyalist.

They were colonists who supported the British monarch and laws

representation, acting or speaking on behalf of someone or something.

Treason. Working against one's own government petition.

A request for action signed by many people.

Public opinion with the people of the community.

Think boycott refusal to buy goods or service is at

the end of this unit.

You'll be taking a quick quiz and thank you for

watching my lecture.

Introdution to the American Revolution

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