PROCLAMATION OF 1763REVOLUTIONARY WAR
*** Timeline 1763-1776 ***
 1763 – Treaty of Paris – ended French
and Indian War & extended
boundaries
 1763 – Proclamation of 1763 – No
settlement west of Appalachian Mtns
 1764 – Sugar Act – marked the start
new British policy ** Raising Taxes** this begins the problems between the colonies and Gr.
Britain
 1765 – Quartering Act – Placed
British soldiers in vacant Colonial
homes
 1765 – Stamp Act – tax on printed
material * 1st direct tax *
(continued decline in relationship
between Gr. Britain and colonies!)
 1765 – Stamp Act Congress – 1st
organized resistance to British
policy “No taxation without
representation”
 Committees of Correspondence –
system of Communicationnewsletters kept the colonists
informed
 Stamp Act was repealed but…
 1766 – Declaratory Act – stated
Parliament had authority to
make ALL laws for the colonies
 1767 – Townshend Acts – tax on
imported goods (necessities) colonies began boycott
 1770 – Boston Massacre – 5 colonists
killed *Propaganda*
 1773 – Boston Tea
Party – Sons of Liberty
dumped British tea
into Boston harbor in
protest
 1774 – Intolerable Acts
– passed to punish
Mass. for rebellious
activities
 Sept. 1774 – First Continental
Congress – Met in Philadelphia
 1. Denounced Intolerable Acts
2. Form colonial militias
3. Boycott
4. Letter of complaint to king
 April 1775 – Lexington and Concord – first shots
of the Revolutionary War
Shots at Lexington and Concord
The Revolutionary War Begins
 May 1775- The 2nd Continental Congress
will become our make-shift govt. during
the war
 They began printing money to pay
soldiers and established the postal
system (Ben Franklin)
 - They named George Washington
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental
Army
Review:
 Sept. 1774- 1st Continental Congress
meets-sends letter of complaint to
king-agrees to meet again later
 May 1775- 2nd Continental Congress
meets in Philadelphia
 April 1775- (between the two
meetings) bloodshed at Lex. And
Concord
 - June of 1775 –
The Battle of Bunker Hill (Boston) which
was won by the British but the
Americans fought hard “Dear bought
victory”
 They sent the Olive Branch Petition to
the King in a last peace effort. It was
rejected and the colonials were called
rebels
1775- Thomas Paine
wrote Common Sense
in efforts to convince
Americans to declare
independence. (good
propaganda)
Independence Hall-
Philadelphia
Signing Room
Declaration of Independence
 Part I- Introduction
 Part II- Theories of the purpose of
government
 Part III- List of the abuses of the
king
 Part IV- Formal declaration of
American independence
National Archives
Declaration of Independence
Revolutionary War Battles
 Stage 1 – 1775-1776 – mainly skirmishes
and the British withdrew from Boston
 Stage 2 – British gained control of NY
and Philadelphia wanting to isolate New
England
 Battles of Princeton and Trenton –
served as morale boosters and increased
enlistment.
Washington Crossing The
Delaware River- Dec.25,1777
 Turning Point – 1777 Americans defeat the
British at Saratoga – British never tried to
operate away from the coast again. After
this victory, the French promised more
aid.
 1777/1778 Winter – the Continental Army
camped at Valley Forge to train soldiers
(Von Steuben and Lafayette) and
recuperate. They suffered a bitter cold
winter and harsh conditions.
Valley Forge
Valley Forge
Washington’s
Headquarters
 The Southern Campaign – 1778 –The
fighting shifted to the South where the
British took Savannah and then took
Charles Town (biggest British victory)
 British Gen. Cornwallis took most of SC
fairly easily until southern guerilla
fighters began harassing British troops.
(Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, Andrew
Pickens)
 Nathaniel Greene and Daniel
Morgan gained major victories
against Cornwallis at King’s Mt. and
Cowpens.
 Battle of Yorktown -1781– The
British surrendered (French Navy
arrived)
 Treaty of Paris- 1783
Banaster Tarleton
Francis Marion in S.C.
 Historical Background Notes on Francis Marion
 As a key figure in the American Revolution, General
Francis Marion, best known as the “Swamp Fox,”
surprise attacked the British forces in South Carolina,
destroying communication and supply lines. Born in
1732 at Goatfield Plantation in St. John’s Parish,
Berkley, he grew up in the swampland of South
Carolina. This knowledge of the land would become a
great benefit to him as the leader of a militia who hid
in the swamps and lived off of the land.
 Marion’s fighting career began when he fought the
Cherokee in the Blue Ridge region of the state. He and
his men fought in the famous battle of Sullivan’s
Island or “The Battle of Fort Moultrie” as it became
named for Colonel William Moultrie.
 Due to a broken ankle, he left Charleston shortly before it
fell into the hands of the British. Back home near the
Santee River, Marion led a small militia made up mostly of
farmers. There they would hide in the swamps of the Pee
Dee during the day, surprise attack the British as they
traveled between Charleston and Camden which were
both conquered by the British, and retreated back to the
swamps. The terrain of the swamps was unfamiliar to the
British troops, thus giving Marion and his men an
advantage. As Marion’s brigade attacked, they would
steal goods and arms from the British and free American
prisoners. It was at this time that British general Tarleton,
is credited for giving Marion his nickname, Swamp Fox.
After chasing Marion and his men for some twenty-six
miles and arriving at Ox Swamp, he stopped and said
“Come boys! Let’s go back and we will catch the
Gamecock. But as for this d—d swamp fox, the Devil
himself could not catch him!”