The American Revolution
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- A Last Attempt at Peace
- Help From Abroad
- July 1775, moderates in Congress draft the Olive Branch Petition, asking the king to restore peace then. king rejects the petitionSends British Navy to block American ships from leaving ports
- The Costs of the War
- In 1777, France begins to give secret aid to the Americans France also convinces Spain to join and help the Americans
- A Change in Ideas
- 25,700 Americans died in the war1,400 remained missing8,200 were woundedThousands of Loyalists lost their propertyThose who survived the war left the army with little or no
- The American Revolution was not just a war, but a change in ideas about government
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