The American Revolution
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A funny comic describing the lead up to the American Revolution and its beginning.
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- Oh I know, I'll tax the colonies.
- No Taxation without representation!
- Taxes, taxes. Come and pay your taxes.
- They're right, I was being unfair,
- To myself! More taxes!
- King George III had a problem. Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War, and he had to find a way to pay it of fast. Then he had an idea, he would tax the colonists to help him pay for the war. After all, they did fight in it.
- Sugar Act
- ENOUGH!
- The Proclamation Line of 1763
- Tea Act
- He imposed the stamp Act on the colonists. It taxed all legal paper documents. He thought it was fairly reasonable, but the colonists didn't agree.
- Despite the colonies complaints, King George III decided to tax the colonies even more.
- We're having a revolution!
- Off to fight a war, and hopefully not die trying.
- The Colonists got so fed up with the taxes and laws that 12 out of the 13 colonies sent representatives to the Continental Congresses.
- Intolerable Acts
- Quartering Act
- Townshend Acts
- Here at the Second Continental Congress, is the signing of the Declaration of Independence that Thomas Jefferson wrote. It is basically a break up letter to Britain.
- The American Revolution begins when British soldiers try to take ammunition held at Lexington and Concord. General George Washington is leading the army.
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