American Revolution
Agenda
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Bell Ringer: Enlightenment Quotes with Mr. T.
Brief Lecture: American Revolution (with limited commercial
interruptions)
Comparison Chart: English Civil War and American Revolution
Video Clip: Enlightenment and the American Revolution
Enlightenment Thinkers and the US Constitution
Absolutism and Enlightenment Quiz. 
Review Guide and Test Format: Absolutism and the
Enlightenment
Objectives
HW: Work on Review Guide, Test is on November 9th
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1640-1689
Above the law
Bribery
No, then yes
Power with Parliament
English Bill of Rights
1775- 1781
Why a Revolution?
• Increased taxation from
the French and Indian
Conflict.
• More control from
Britain.
• Major events:
– Boston Massacre
– Boston Tea Party
• Sons of Liberty
Minutemen
• Minutemen were
farmers with
ammunition and arms
ready to fight a
“defensive” war with
Britain.
Lexington and Concord
• Paul Revere made his
famous ride..
• William Dawes… the
other one.
• April of 1775, Dawes and
Revere ride out to warn
of British troops coming
from Boston.
• They make it to Lexington
before they are arrested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSF7_hM
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Strategy
• The British return to New
York in the summer of
1776.
• 32,000 soldiers enter
Boston with General
William Howe.
• “Surrender, or face a
battle against my men.”
• Washington shows up,
with 19,000 men.
• They rejected Howe’s
offer.
Failed Strategy and Yorktown
• Divide the Colonies.
• Yorktown
• Lafayette, Washington,
Rochambeau, de
Grasse, completely
surround Cornwallis.
• He surrenders his 7,000
men as a band plays,
“The world turned
upside down”
The United States of America
• After a failed startup
with the Articles of
Confederation, we get it
right with the
Constitution and
subsequent Bill of
Rights.
• Utilized Enlightenment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqWxgCZ
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thinkers in both
documents.
Absolutism and Enlightenment
Quiz
1. What theory is proposed by Copernicus that the
church has an issue with? Why is the church mad?
2. How does Isaac Newton appease the Church with
his law of Gravity?
3. What is the major idea expressed by John Locke?
How does the United States use this idea?