[World History 1 ] Target Naib Tehsildar

                           American Revolution

Thirteen colonies and North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America

Causes for American Revolution

1.   The French and Indian War

2.   Americans felt they Deserved Equal rights with Englishmen

3.   Pandemic :- black death

4.   Series of intolerable acts

 The Sugar Act - In 1764 the British crown put out a three-cent tax on sugar

The Stamp Act - This 1765 Act was the first to effect the entire population

      Townshend Acts - These series of 1767 laws placed taxes on lead, paints, glass, paper and tea

5.   Governmental Discrepancies

Important Events

Boston Massacre

On March 5, 1770 a group of protesting colonist encountered British Soldiers patrolling the streets of Boston.

Boston Tea Party

This was a particularly heated protest of the tax on tea.

Battle of Bunker Hill

It took place on June 17, 1775 during the Siege of Boston; it took place mostly on Breed's Hill.

Declaration of Independence

The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence--written largely by

Jefferson--in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 a date now celebrated as the birth of American Independence

Treaty of Paris

This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain.

                                       Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. It marks a major turning point in history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way.

Ø  increasing use of steam power

Ø  development of machine tools

Ø  change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal

It began in Great Britain and within a few decades had spread to Western Europe and the United States.

Developments during Industrial Revolution

    1.    Rural-to-urban migration

    2.    Development and growth of new socio-economic classes

    3.    Investments in new technologies

    4.    Mass production of goods

    5.    Development of capitalism

Why it has started from Britain:

  ü  England had more colonies than any other nation

  ü  Colonies had rich textile industries for centuries

  ü  huge amount of Iron and Coal Ore was available

  ü  Government was stable and the power of king rose

  ü  England is the political center of Great Britain, an island

  ü   English merchants were very wealthy

The Spread of the Industrial Revolution

   ¶  Mid-1800s Great Britain, the world leader in the Industrial Revolution, attempted to ban the export of its methods and technologies, but this soon failed.

   ¶  1812 United States industrialized after the War of 1812.

   ¶  After 1825 France joined the Industrial Revolution following the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars.

   ¶  Circa 1870 Germany industrialized at a rapid pace, while Belgium, Holland, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland were slower to industrialize.

By 1890 Russia and Japan began to industrialize.

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