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History- Effects of the American Revolution Questions and Answers Already Passed Political Effects ✔✔America gets independent from Britain. Forms what they consider a perfect democracy. Forma... tion of state government. Expanded west. Declaration of Independence (did not include women, blacks and Indians) Economic Effects ✔✔Free Trade (Britain no longer controlled American Trade) America became a dominant trading country. Social Effects ✔✔Inspired others to fight for freedom (women, French, enslaved Africans) Improved conditions for prisoners. Timelines associated with the American Revolution ✔✔1765-British Parliament passes the stamp act. The stamp act was a tax put on everything printed on paper for example legal documents and newspapers. 1768- King George III sent soldiers to Boston, 1770- The Boston Massacre, 1773- The Boston Tea Party. First Continental Congress ✔✔1774-First Continental Congress The first continental congress met to protest the Intolerable Acts. Colonial leaders met in Philadelphia. In September 1774,the congress demanded that the Intolerable Acts be taken back and thant the colonists be given more power in making decisions. Second Continental Congress ✔✔1775- Second Continental Congress The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in May 1775, a month the American Revolution had begun. The colonists realized it was important to act together if they were to defeat Britain. They agreed to form an American Continental Army. John Adams, the leader of the Massachusetts delegates, proposed that George Washington of Virginia become commanderin-chief. Lexington and Concord (1775) ✔✔First battles of the American Revolution, "shot heard round the world". First battle of the American Revolution. 1776 ✔✔Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense Declaration of Independence completed. Declaration of Independence ✔✔The continental congress appointed a committee to write a document declaring independence for the thirteen colonies. The committee included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston. They wrote a legal document and got their independence on July 4, 1776. 1778 ✔✔France entered the American War of Independence, on America's side. 1783 ✔✔Treaty of Paris is signed. France signs over lands of Hawaii and Alaska to the United States of America ending the Revolutionary war. [Show More]

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