- British fought America
- French and Indian war was French against British
- 1753-1763
- Native Americans were on both sides
- The British won
- British was in debt and is making America Pay for it
- No working on Sunday
- British was taxing Boston
- Proclamation of 1763- Nobody was allowed to go past the Appalachian Mountains
- Sugar more expensive in America then in England
- King Gorge was a bully when he took the throne
- King Gorge tried to make life harder for the Americans
- Tax collectors come door to door and they make them pay taxes
- Money had to be worth a certain amount
- England's money was worth little compared to America
- America wasn't allowed to represent parlement
- Stamp act- stamp put on the news paper and birth certificat for more money
- America didn't follow the stamp act in the big cities and America won so they didn't Have to pay for stamps
- England made a law so that America had to do whatever England said o the same day as America won the stamp act
- Quatering act - Americans has to keep soliders at there house with food to eat
- Sons of liberty- Make life misrable on the English
- Townsend act- Govenors had to make sure America was following laws and if they fought TH governors would lose there job
- Washington says that America should boycott all of England's goods
- England repealed the Townsend act
- Americans were upseting British and and somebody said fire and 5 men were killed and 6 were injured
- Paul Revere Told everybody that the british shot for no reason
- Then more people joined the patriots side
- Less people were on the loyalists
- Commities of correspondents were wanting people to become patriots
- Tea act was England made there tea the cheapest
- Sons of liberty dressed up as Indians and went on the English boats and that starts the Boston tea party
- England wanted to punish America by taking away Massachusetts right to run themselves
- First contenetal congress- 12 colenys came to the meeting witch was 56 people
- the 56 people wrote a note to King Gorge to stop bullying
- Patrick Henry wanted to die or be a free country
- The book Common Sense was saying if your not a patriot you are dumb
- Revolutionary war was 8 years
- 56 people signed the declaration of independence
- The Americans didn't like any one of king Gorges laws
- 3 weeks to Make the declaration of independence
- What is on the declaration of independence?
- What are they thinking?
- Who started the war?
- How long was the war?