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Course 2 of 8 · 1765 to 1783

# The American Revolution

Thirteen colonies took on the strongest empire in the world.

4 modules · 16 lessons

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## The story in brief

It began with money. Britain had won a costly war and expected the colonies to help pay for it. Colonists answered that they could not be taxed by a government in which they had no voice.

From Lexington and Concord to the Declaration of Independence, then through the winter at Valley Forge to Yorktown, this course follows the people and the choices that turned protest into a country.

## Three moments to know

1. **The Stamp Act**

   Parliament taxes printed paper in the colonies. The protests that follow give the cry of taxation without representation.
2. **The Declaration of Independence**

   The Second Continental Congress adopts a statement of why the colonies are breaking away. Its best-known sentence says all men are created equal.
3. **The Treaty of Paris**

   Britain recognizes the independence of the United States, two years after the victory at Yorktown.

## What you will learn

In little more than a decade, thirteen colonies broke away from the strongest empire in the world and founded a new nation. This course follows that road from the Stamp Act to the Treaty of Paris.

- Understand why taxes without representation, the Tea Party and Britain's harsh reply pushed the colonists toward independence.
- Hear the shot at Concord and read the Declaration of Independence and its claim that all men are created equal.
- Follow George Washington and the Continental Army from Bunker Hill and Trenton through the winter at Valley Forge.
- See how the victory at Saratoga won the French alliance.
- End at Yorktown in 1781 and the Treaty of Paris, which recognized a new nation.

## Inside the course

4 modules and 16 short lessons, in the order the app teaches them.

**Module 1 · 4 lessons Taxes and Protest: Stamp Act to the Tea Party**

1. 1 A Victorious Empire and Its Debt
2. 2 The Stamp Act and Taxation Without Representation
3. 3 The Boston Massacre, the Tea Party and Britain's Reply
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 2 · 4 lessons Lexington, Concord and the Declaration**

1. 1 The Shot Heard Round the World
2. 2 The Second Continental Congress
3. 3 Writing the Declaration of Independence
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 3 · 4 lessons Washington and the Continental Army**

1. 1 Washington Takes Command
2. 2 Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston
3. 3 Crossing the Delaware to Trenton
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 4 · 4 lessons Saratoga, Valley Forge and Yorktown**

1. 1 Saratoga and the French Alliance
2. 2 Valley Forge: A Winter of Training
3. 3 Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris
4. 4 Let's Review

Finish all 4 modules to earn the The American Revolution certificate of completion, part of Premium.

## Start The American Revolution in the app.

Short lessons, questions along the way and a certificate when you finish.

- Download on the **App Store**
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