American Revolition
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- Stamp Act
- We need more funds to pay for this war! Tax the colonies as well so that we get more.
- Townshend Act
- What?!!
- I'm sorry to say, but a new tax on goods as just been put down.
- British Troops
- I can't believe we had to get sent all the way to American!
- Right?!
- We ain't paying taxes for this
- After the French & Indian, the British made American Colonists pay taxes to help pay for the costs of war. One of these taxes was know as the Stamp Act.
- Boston Tea Party
- After the Stamp Act did not work out, the British decided to make a new tax called the Townshend Act. This put taxes on glass, paper, paints, and tea.
- Declaration Of Independence
- Many Boston merchants called for a boycott and British troops were sent in. The Bostonian's heckled the troops so much that one troop let out a shot and about six people got killed in what is now know as the Boston Massacre.
- American Revolution
- Most of the taxes were repealed, but not the tea tax. The Sons of Liberty retaliated by boycotting ships with tea and dumping them into the harbor.
- The first Congress was made and wrote down a list of grievances to the crown, but they were ignored. Soon after the Declaration of Independence was written and the U.S.A broke away from Britain.
- The British would not let their colonies go without a fight and the American Revolutionary War began. The U.S fought for their freedom and won.
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