Today we did a blog discussion. We are going to start on the Revolutionary War. It lasted 8 years, 1775-1783. The colonists didn't agree with the British's taxes. They raised the taxes because Britain was in wars and they were running out of money. The stopped taxes on everything but tea. So some men dressed up as Native Americans and threw tea into the sea. This was known as the Boston Tea Party. They were unhappy about Taxation without Representation. The Coersive Acts were hated by the Colonist and it closed the Boston Harbor. Boston was the main city that was the leading city and spurred on the war.Nathaniel Greene was a General in the war. He started as low as possible but he raised in the ranks. He taught people the art of the war. He was General of the Rhode Island army. He was blamed for the loss of two forts. He was second in command to Washington. After the war he was offered to be Secretary of War but declined. Valley Forge was a time when the small pox hint and it was a terrible winter. They stayed there the winter of 1777. They stayed there because it was prime location. At one point there was 4,000 men listed as unfit for battle.The British won at Fort Washington and if they would have won again the British probably would have one. Daniel Morgan was choosen by the Congress to recuit people to for the army. His men had different guns. We used the techniques that the Native Americans used, known as Guerilla Warfare.The battle of Lexington and Concord.The Boston Massacre lead to the war. On March 5th 1770, Americans were throwing snowballs at British Soliders. Five were killed when the British started firing into the crowd. All the men in the Massacre were tried. John Adams was their lawyer and he didn't think that they were guilty. The trial was in October and November. The judge and jury were from other colonies. They were all found not guilty.When the War began America's didn't have uniforms, or as many guns.The Treaty of Paris ended the war. The British agreed to remove their troops and America got it's freedom.Westward Expansion-People moved west to California to get gold and become rich. The mountains caused great problems. We took Texas from Mexico.Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears. It was passed in 1830 and gave then authority to move the Indians west.
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