Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr was born in New Jersey on February 6, 1756, and died on September 14, 1836. His father was Reverend Aaron Burr, who was the President of the College of New Jersey, which later became Princeton. Burr's mother was Esther Edwards Burr, who was the daughter of Jonathan Edwards. Edwards helped the religious movement known as, Great Awakening. Aaron Burr became an orphan at the age of 2, his uncle Timothy Edwards became his caretaker. Aaron started to apply for colleges at age 11, he knew that he was smart enough to get in, but got turned down. At age 13 Burr tried again and got accepted as a sophomore. Burr graduated from college at age 17.

Burr was 19 when the Revolution started, he wanted to join George Washingtons (commander-in-chief of Continental Army)commisson, but he got turned down. So instead he went to

Burr was the 3rd Vice President of the United States of America from March 4, 1801 thru March 4, 1805. The President at the time was Thomas Jefferson, the Vice President before Burr was Thomas Jefferson. After Burr finished his term the following Vice President was George Clinton. He was the Senator for New York during the time of March 4, 1791 thru March 3, 1797. Before and after Burr was the Senator, Philip Schuyler-- was the Senator.

Burr was offered to publish articles for Alexander Hamilton, of which was a long time politcal rival. Hamilton and Burr got into a duel challenge together. The duel started on the 11th of July in 1804 Heights of Weehawken in New Jersey. Burr got charged for the murder of Hamilton in both New York and New Jersey.

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ASI Exam 4 Essay Part 1 Closing statement

Gentlemen of The Jury;



These men are guilty. To sum up all of the events that happen to make me come to this conclusion is that the British killed 5 citizens. The guy who was in charge of the British soldiers was Captian Thomas Preston. When a fight broke out in town, teens were causing problem and was wanting to fight. When help was needed the citizens went to the church and made the bell ring. Others thought that there was a fire, but then they soon found out that it was a fight. The soldiers were commanded by their Captain. The Captain hollered out to all the men to "FIRE!" and they did so.

Captain Thomas Preston is at fault for what happened. He allowed his men to shoot at possible innocent people.

Thomas should be hung for his crime of killing innocent people.

Q4 Notes

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Revolution and War

1763-1789

Revolution Notes

1763—Proclamation Act

A line that is a divider that shows or tell where the Indians can have and the Britians cant take, this line is the Applacachian Mountains- Mississippi Mountains Indians, Appalachian to ocean is the Britians.

1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)

Sugar (molasses, wine)

Stamp




Quartering

Currency

Virtual/ Direct Representation

Direct tax of stamps and sugars.

1765—Stamp Act Congress

Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams

Paul Revere

John Hancock

Propaganda




Boycotts

Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)




1766—Declaratory Act

1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)

Charles Townsend

Writs of Assistance (search warrants)

Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies

Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company

1770—Boston Massacre
- Paul Revere made picture.



March 5, 1770

Local reaction (primarily)

5 dead colonists

John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted

Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded

1773—Boston Tea Party






November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor

December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor

340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)

1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)

Close the port of Boston

Shut down Provincial and Town Governments

All offices appointed

Named General Thomas Gage as Governor

Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice

1774—1st Continental Congress

September to October (7 weeks)

Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia

New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane

Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee

Pennsylvania—John Dickinson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)




New York—John Jay, James Duane


Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in

Maryland, Catholic)

Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies
manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of

British goods to be enforced rigidly

1775— January

William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing
the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”

1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord

Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies

Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before

Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord

Minutemen are assembled on the town common

“Shot heard round the world”

18 colonials killed and the rest run away

British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight

Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston

430 Redcoats make it back to Boston

30,000 Colonists surround Boston

1775—May

Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, Gen. Burgoyne

5,000 British troops

Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga

Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston

Benedict Arnold (Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada

1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress

Sam Adams pushes for Independence

John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint

Agree to form Colonial Army

Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams
suggestion)

1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”

Actually fought on Breed’s Hill

Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized
cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])

Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)

Militia target British officers

Militia ran extremely low on ammunition

On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position

Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)

Colonials lose about 500 men

1776—January, Common Sense

Written by Thomas Paine






120,000 copies sold in three months

1776—March

Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston

July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)

1776—Declaration of Independence

June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain

Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee to draft a formal

Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)

June 28, Declaration presented to Congress

July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent
of Great Britain

July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence

The Declaration intended to:

Undermine loyalty to King George III

Outline basic principles of representative government

Establish the “right” of rebellion
War

1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York

Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century

British victory, city falls to England

As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army

Initial colonial enlistments due to expire

1776—December, Battle of Trenton

Howe believes war almost won

1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton

Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications

Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night

2,500 men; 18 artillery guns

Surprise attack at dawn

106 Hessians killed, 918 captured

No colonial casualties

Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack

1777—January, Princeton

Washington ambushes British troops

Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain

1777—September-October, Saratoga

Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany

Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills
and forests full of rebels

Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to

New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)

Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River

Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders

Establishes American Army as real threat

Helps secure open French Alliance

Turning Point of the War

1777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge

Under-funded troops

Low morale

10,000+ troops

4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)

2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)

George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be
tracked by the blood from their feet”

Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash

1779—February, Vincennes

1780—August, Camden

1780—October, Kings Mountain

1781—October, Yorktown

British Gen. Cornwallis

American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)

French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)

Essentially a French Naval victory

Last significant battle of the war

1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris

Britain recognizes American independence

America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida

Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland

America must pay debts to Britain

American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)