The American Revolution
(1775-1789)
Toward the American Revolution
• Classical Liberalism =
Liberty and Equality (laissez-faire) • Seven Years’ War (1756-1763)
Peace of Paris (1763) • Stamp Act of 1765
• Boston Tea Party (1773)
Coercive Acts of 1774 (called Intolerable Acts by colonists)
“Revolutionary War” (1775-1783)
• Lexington, MA (April 19, 1775)
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
• Second Continental Congress (1776)
– Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
• Split between loyalists and patriots • Surrender to George Washington at
Yorktown, VA (1781)
U.S. Constitution
• Articles of the Confederation (1777-81)
• U.S. Constitution ratified in 1787; put into
effect in 1789
• Essence of the U.S. Constitution— *Popular sovereignty
*Limited government *Federalism
*Separation of Powers (checks and balances)
The End Fin
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