{"id":2739,"date":"2020-03-24T04:12:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyed.site\/?page_id=2739"},"modified":"2024-05-28T10:44:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:44:39","slug":"1-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-7\/1-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"1) The United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topic 1 – Session 7 – Big Civilization<\/p>\n

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\u2019s rival nations concluded that the colonies might win their war after all. Their intervention tipped the balance in the colonies\u2019 favor.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Outline<\/h4>\n

Course<\/a> Big Civilization
\nSession 7<\/a> Independence<\/p>\n

Other Topics for This Session<\/strong>
\nOne| |Two<\/a>| |Three<\/a>| |Four<\/a>| |Five<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Further Information<\/h1>\n

From History Moments Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
YEAR<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nAUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1765<\/td>\nAmerican Colonies Oppose
\nthe Stamp Act<\/a><\/td>\n		James Grahame<\/a>| |George Bancroft<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1773<\/td>\nThe Boston Tea Party<\/a><\/td>\nGeorge Bancroft<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1775<\/td>\nBattle of Lexington<\/a><\/td>\nRichard Frothingham<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1775<\/td>\nThe Battle of Bunker Hill<\/a><\/td>\nJohn Burgoyne<\/a>| |James Grahame<\/a>
\nJohn Heneage Jesse<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1775<\/td>\nCanada Chooses Not to Join
\nAmerican Revolution<\/a><\/td>\n		John McMullen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1776<\/td>\nDeclaration of Independence
\n(USA) Signed<\/a><\/td>\n		Thomas Jefferson<\/a>| |John A. Doyle<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1777<\/td>\nThe Battle of Saratoga<\/a><\/td>\nSir Edward Shepherd Creasy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1779<\/td>\n\u201cI Have Not Yet Begun
\nto Fight!\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n		Alexander Slidell Mackenzie<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1781<\/td>\nYorktown Surrenders<\/a><\/td>\nHenry B. Dawson<\/a>
\nLord Charles Cornwallis<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1782<\/td>\nHow the American
\nRevolutionary War Ended<\/a><\/td>\n		American Diplomatic Commission<\/a>
\nJohn M. Ludlow<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
YEAR<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nAUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

From Elsewhere<\/h2>\n

Reads<\/h3>\n

American Revolution<\/a> Declaration of Independence<\/a> Treaty of Paris (1783)<\/a> <\/p>\n

Videos<\/h3>\n