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The document provides an outline of key people, events, and concepts from the Revolutionary Era in America, beginning with vocabulary terms. It then discusses the French and Indian War, various Acts passed by British Parliament that angered the colonists, and colonial responses that escalated tensions, including the Boston Tea Party. Key moments and individuals during the American Revolutionary War are outlined, such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and George Washington leading the Continental Army. The outline concludes with important figures from the Revolutionary Era.

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Revolutionary Era Outline

The document provides an outline of key people, events, and concepts from the Revolutionary Era in America, beginning with vocabulary terms. It then discusses the French and Indian War, various Acts passed by British Parliament that angered the colonists, and colonial responses that escalated tensions, including the Boston Tea Party. Key moments and individuals during the American Revolutionary War are outlined, such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and George Washington leading the Continental Army. The outline concludes with important figures from the Revolutionary Era.

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RevolutionaryEraOutline

SomeRevolutionaryEraVocabulary
Parliamentisalegislativebody(similartotheU.S.Congress)responsibleformakinglaws.
Repealmeanstoremovealaw.
Amonarchyisruledbyakingorqueen.
Loyalistswerecolonistswhoremainedloyaltotheking.
PatriotswerecolonistswhowantedindependencefromEngland.
Agrievanceisacomplaint.
UnalienablerightsarerightsthatareGodgivenandcannotbetakenaway.

French&IndianWar
IntheFrenchandIndianWar(17541763),theBritishfoughtagainsttheFrenchand
IndiansovertheGreatLakesregionandOhioRivervalley.
TheProclamationof1763wassignedaftertheFrenchandIndianWarandprohibited
BritishcolonistsfromsettlingwestoftheAppalachianMountains.
EnglandsParliamentbegantaxingcoloniststopaythedebtfromtheFrenchandIndian
War.

ParliamentaryLegislation(RoadtoRevolution)
TheSugarAct(1764),meanttostopsmuggling,angeredthecolonistsbecausetheyfelt
theirrightswerebeingviolated.
TheQuarteringAct(1765)requiredcoloniststoprovideshelterandfoodtosoldiersinthe
colonies.
TheStampAct(1765)placedataxonallprintedmaterialsinthecolonies.Thisactwas
repealedin1766,butwasreplacedbytheDeclaratoryAct.
TheDeclaratoryAct(1766)
statedthatParliamenthadtheauthoritytopasslawsin
EnglandandtheAmericancolonies.Italsolessenedthetaxonsugarandmolasses.
TheTownshendActs(1767)wereaseriesofactsthatplacedtaxesonhouseholditems,
suchaslead,glass,tea,paint,andpaperintheAmericancolonies.
TheTeaAct(1773)gavetheEastIndiaTeaCompanyaveryfavorableadvantage(near
monopoly)overcolonialmerchants.
TheIntolerable/CoerciveActs(1774)wereharshlawspassedbyParliamentintendedto
punishthepeopleofMassachusetts.

ColonialActions(RoadtoRevolution)
TheSonsofLiberty,ledbySamuelAdams,wasagroupofmeninMassachusettswho
formed(1765)asecretsocietyopposingBritishpolicies.
TheBostonMassacrewasafightbetweenBostoncolonistsandredcoats.CrispusAttucks,
anAfricanAmerican,waskilled.ThescenewasportrayedinanengravingbyPaul
Revere.

ToprotesttheTeaAct,theSonsofLibertyboardedashipandthrewthecargooftea
overboardintoBostonHarbor.ThisbecameknownastheBostonTeaParty.
TheFirstContinentalCongressmetinPhiladelphiaandvotedtoboycottBritishgoodsand
establishcolonialmilitiasinresponsetotheIntolerableActs.
ThefirstshotsoftheAmericanRevolutionwerefiredinLexingtonandConcord
(Massachusetts).
TheSecondContinentalCongressmetinPhiladelphiainMay1775toestablishthe
ContinentalArmy.GeorgeWashingtonwasnamedcommanderoftheContinentalArmy.
ThomasPainewrote
CommonSense
toconvincecoloniststosupportindependencefrom
GreatBritain.

DeclarationofIndependence
ThomasJeffersonwrotetheDeclarationofIndependenceitwassignedbymembersofthe
SecondContinentalCongressonJuly4,1776(IndependenceDay.)
TheDeclarationofIndependencewasalistofgrievancesagainsttheKingGeorgeIIIof
Englandandanexplanationofwhythecolonieswantedindependence.
TheDeclarationofIndependencestatedthatallpeoplehavetherighttolife,liberty,and
thepursuitofhappiness.
TheDeclarationofIndependencestatesallmenarecreatedequal.

ImportantMomentsduringRevolutionaryWar
JohnPaulJones,anavalofficer,beganraidingBritishportsin1777.Inbattlehestated,I
havenotyetbeguntofight.
DuringthewinteratValleyForge(17771778),GeorgeWashingtonsarmylostnearly
ofitssoldierstostarvationanddisease.
AtValleyForge,GeorgeWashingtonhadThomasPaineswordsreadtothetroopsto
inspirethem:Thesearethetimesthattrymenssouls.
TheContinentalArmysvictoryatSaratogaconvincedFrancetoenterthewartohelpfight
theBritish.
TheBritishsurrenderedatYorktownin1781.
TheTreatyofParisof1783endedtheAmericanRevolution.GreatBritainformally
recognizedAmericanindependence.

SomeImportantPeopleoftheRevolutionaryEra
AbigailAdamswasthewifeofJohnAdamsandwrotetohimtoRemembertheladies.
TheirlettershavebecomeasourceofinformationabouttheAmericanRevolution.
JohnAdamsdefendedtheBritishsoldiersaftertheBostonMassacre.Hewasadelegateto
bothContinentalCongressesandwasontheCommitteeofFivethatwrotethe
DeclarationofIndependence.
WentworthCheswellwasthegrandsonofthefirstAfricanAmericanlandownerinNew
Hampshireandapatriotduringtherevolution.HemadearidesimilartoPaulReverein
thecountrysidesurroundingPortsmouth,NewHampshire.

MercyOtisWarrenwasawriterwhoauthoredplays,poems,andessayssupportingthe
ideaofindependence.
BenjaminFranklinwasaninfluentialmemberoftheContinentalCongressandastatesman
whorepresentedAmericasinterestinFrance.
PatrickHenrywasamemberoftheVirginiaHouseofBurgesses.Duringa1765speech
hefamouslysaid,Givemelibertyorgivemedeath.
JamesArmisteadwasadoubleagentfortheUnitedStates.Pretendingtobearunaway
slave,heacquiredsecretinformationaboutBritishtroopsandreportedthemtothe
Americans.Afterthewar,Lafayettewrotehimaletterofrecommendationforhis
freedom.
BernardodeGalvezwastheSpanishgovernoroftheLouisianaTerritorywhoopenedthe
portofNewOrleanstoAmericanshipsduringtheAmericanRevolution.Galveston,
Texasisnamedinhishonor.
HaymSolomonprovidedthousandsofdollarsfromhispersonalaccounttohelpfinance
theAmericanRevolution(hewasneverrepaid).HewasarrestedasaspybytheBritish
butlaterescaped.
MarquisdeLafayettewasaFrenchofficerwhofoughtwiththeAmericansduringthe
revolutionandhelpedsecureFrenchassistancefortheAmericans.Helaterreturnedhome
tofightintheFrenchRevolution.

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