American Revolutionary

Newsletter
From Mrs. Hansen
January, 2023
the British rule. They were able to pass their
THE BEGINNINGS own laws and muster troops. The British
Although Brittan needed to raise money to pay their war
mostly did not debts, but the colonist resented this
interfere with the interference.
American colonist
on April 19, 1775, THE ENDING
the first shots of It ended in a
the American stunning defeat
revolutionary were fired. Due to the French for the British.
and Indian War, Britain although they won They were
was in deep debt. They would have to start surrounded and
levying taxes on the American colonies forced to
which would then later led to the war. surrender to the
colonist. Two years later The Treaty of Paris
EVENTS LEADING TO THE WAR made it official: America was independent.
The Currency Act in 1751 and 1764 was
several acts of which regulated the issuing
of money by the American colonist. The
Quartering Act in 1765 forced the colonist
to provide food and shelter for British
soldiers when needed which led to tension
between the two. The Townshend Acts in
1767 was a series of acts passed by Brittan
beginning in 1767 that taxed the colonies.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 is when an
angry mob of colonist confronts British
soldiers in Boston. Five colonist were killed

WHY THE WAR

Men and women wanted this New World so
there was opportunity
for themselves and
their kids. They
desired a level of
freedom until the war
started. The colonial
legislatures gave the
colonist a feeling of
independence from