Topic 1 – Session 7 – Big Civilization

These were the first colonies in modern times to break away from their European motherland. They went away as a group. After the Battle of Saratoga Britain’s rival nations concluded that the colonies might win their war after all. Their intervention tipped the balance in the colonies’ favor.

Beyond military success, they developed organizing principles which positioned them politically and economically. Their Declaration of Independence showed their intention to be a part of the international community of nations.

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From History Moments Library

YEAR	TITLE	AUTHOR(s)
1765	American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act	James Grahame| |George Bancroft
1773	The Boston Tea Party	George Bancroft
1775	Battle of Lexington	Richard Frothingham
1775	The Battle of Bunker Hill	John Burgoyne| |James Grahame John Heneage Jesse
1775	Canada Chooses Not to Join American Revolution	John McMullen
1776	Declaration of Independence (USA) Signed	Thomas Jefferson| |John A. Doyle
1777	The Battle of Saratoga	Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy
1779	“I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!”	Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
1781	Yorktown Surrenders	Henry B. Dawson Lord Charles Cornwallis
1782	How the American Revolutionary War Ended	American Diplomatic Commission John M. Ludlow
YEAR	TITLE	AUTHOR(s)

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