American Revolution
Taylor Wallenkamp 3a
The Different Sides
The British .
The Americans.
The French.
Leading Up To The Ending War.
French Indian War + The proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was also a big deal. It had changed the way people lived. If you were poor you were basically out of luck. But if you were royalty you had a lot more advantages to living space and farming land. The proclamation forced people to move east of the moutians, leaving all they know behind. They had no choice but to get up and move. Unless you were Royalty or someone special you did not have to move. It was hard for people to leave everything behind, at the beginning they had to live together and try and get used to there new lives. Farmers had to find new land, unlike the royalty if you were royal you were granted certain amount of land . Or if you were captain as well .
To every Person having the Rank of a Field Officer—5,000 Acres.
To every Captain—3,000 Acres.
To every Subaltern or Staff Officer—2,000 Acres.
To every Non-Commission Officer—200 Acres.
To every Private Man—50 Acres.
Stamp Act +Quartering Act
In the year 1765 there were two acts that were passed, they were the stamp act and the Quartering act. Theses two acts had a big effect on Americans. The stamp act did not take such a big toul on the Americans but it still was a problem for them. The stamp act was set and it stated " Every Document or Letter Sent Was required To Have A Stamp On It Or It Would Not Be Sent " As you can imagine you being a Poor American struggling to help feed just your family and now having to pay to send something in the mail..
The other act was the Quartering Act, This act was set for mainly the British soldiers. Before The Americans and British were in battle King George set a law stating that he shall pick houses and families in the town and they will house the British soldiers. Along with giving them a place to live you are required to supply the food and clothing. Plus what ever else they desire. Now this was a problem for Some Poorer American families at the time. Some could barley supply enough food for themselves so how are they going to have enough food and shelter for a Brit soldier that is hungry from working all day ?Both of theses acts brought great tension to the colonies.
Boston Masacure
Tea Act + The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was another big Mile stone for America. It was the time that the colonist decided to take matters into there own hands. The colonists knew that Britain was sending over three ships full of tea, they saw this as there time and they figured out there plan, they would dress up in British clothing and seek onto the ship with a hatchet hidden in there clothing. Once they were on the ships they would Waite for the men to order them to open the hatchets. Once they were ordered to open the hatchets they would grab the tea out and through it overboard into the Boston Harbor. Which is exactly what they did. After they threw the tea over board they fled the boat never to be captured or punished.
The Battle At Lexington And Concord.
This event all started on April 9th of 1775. Where the British and American Soldiers were on there way to battle in Lexington, Where the British would capture Leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock . And Then there comes Concord where They would seize there gun fire . But there plan was soon shot down due to the fact that Paul Revere road the night away warning the American Colonists that the British were coming. The colonists hung two lanterns Form Bostons North Church warning the colonists from all around that the British was going to Attack From the Sea and that they would be in Waite . There was not clear indicate of who won the war, they both kind of won in a scene of things.
The Battle At bunker Hill
The battle at bunker hill was another disappointing battle for the American Soldiers, Although the Americans lost this battle it was yet another battle that we could support each other through and keep our heads up and try to focused on the important things.
The Battle At Bunker Hill took place on the night Of June 16th 1775. The Americans had a plan, they would make there way to bunker hill with this time twice as many men bombs and weaponry And they would bring it to Bunker Hill and sit there in Waite until the British were in sight then they would throw a surprise attack and bomb them. But there was one problem the Americans got lost and ended up at Breed's Hill not bunker Hill. Breed's Hill was closer to where the British were going to be and that made it a little more difficult and a mistake that would hurt them in the future. The next morning when the British arrived they were stunned to see the American Soldiers there before them. Not only to see them there but the fact that the Americans had cannons pointing in there direction. The British leader made the risky choice of not surrounding them with the ships but to march up hill and fight them . While he had the majority of his men march up the hill he had some stay behind and fire the cannons that were on the ship. The Americans open fired on the British when they were nearly 20 paces ahead, the first wavy of British soldiers were knocked out on the ground, this repeated yet another time, but by the time it got to the Third wave on British Soldiers The Americans Were Running low on ammunition. This allowed for the British soldiers to climb over the hill and take a victory.
America Coming Together
General Washington
George Washington was a big part in some of the American Victories. He was the leader and he knew the right things and the wrong things to do .George used to be with the British but he made the decision to leave them and come over to America to help fight in battle against the British. You see George did not like the laws and the rules that King George was putting on the colonists. He did not find the rules that King George was putting on the colonists fair and was tired of having to follow king Georges rules, he wanted to be independent just like the Americans. So he made the decision to go to the thirteen colonies and stand for what he believed in and help them win what not only they wanted but what he wanted at time same time. George knew how the men trained and what they did to get to where they are in Brittan so he was able to pass on some of those skills to the Americans so they could be better at what they do and how they do it.