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= [ROUGH DRAFT, INCOMPLETE] The American Revolution =

= Motives for Revolution =


 * Stamp taxes (BARTLEBY, **)
 * Internal Taxes (BARTLEBY, **)
 * Political views, individual rights, freedom (BARTLEBY, USHIST.COM)

= Tensions Fuel Hostility =


 * Formation of continental army (BRITANNICA)
 * State governments (USHISTORG-14A, **)
 * Boston Massacre (USHISTORG, MASSHISTORG)
 * Boston Tea Party (HIST.COM)

War Conflict Begins

 * Declaration of Independence
 * Battles of Lexington an Concord
 * Battle of Bunker Hill
 * Complications of Smallpox
 * The tables turn: Saratoga
 * French ally of the Continental Army
 * Battle of Yorktown
 * Battle of Yorktown

= Resolution and Effects =


 * Treaty of Paris (TBD)
 * Consequences for Great Britain (TBD)
 * New order in America (TBD)
 * France's Compensation (TBD)

Formation of a Constitution

 * First Continental Congress (HISTORY.STATE.GOV)
 * Second Continental Congress (TBD)