4e History : American revolution

To revise : American Revolution

Dates to know:

1773 : Boston tea party

4^th July 1776 : Declaration of Independence

1776-1783 : American Revolution (or ‘war of independence)

1778 : Alliance between France and the USA

1781 : Battle of Yorktown

1783 : Treaty of Paris

1787 : American Constitution

1789 : Washington elected president of the USA

People to know :

Washington, La Fayette, Franklin, Louis XVI

What you must be able to explain :

-           What were the "13 colonies" (location, origins of the people, ...)

      Why did the Americans revolt against the British ?

-          The human rights according to the Declaration of Independence

-          Why did France play a key role in the American Revolution ?

-          The differences branches in the American constitution -who is in charge / How they are chosen / What their powers are / length of time of their mandates

VVocabulary :

C    Constitution, executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, a term, president, vice president, congress, secretaries, House of Representatives, Senates, senators, Supreme court, justices,