Taxes
Country that passed unfair laws and taxes.
England
Americans have a large party to celebrate the birth of the United States.
Fourth of July or Independence Day
A group of people who wanted to be free from English rule.
Colonists
A colonists who wanted independence.
Patriot
When the colonists did not like these new laws they got angry and did this.
protest
Americans had to let King George know they wanted to be free. So they wrote to the king. The paper they wrote is called...
The Declaration of Independence
They won the French and Indian war.
English
A war to replace one government with another government is called...
revolution
Money collected by the government to pay for services.
Tax
Thomas Jefferson
Another name for English soldiers are lobsterbacks or...
redcoats
This event took place when the colonists dressed up as Indians and tossed crates of tea into the ocean.
Boston Tea Party
The colonist chose a small group of men to run the war against England. The group was called...
Second Continental Congress
The colonists felt that King George III was being ____, so they protested.
unfair
minuteman
He is the King who ruled America and passed unfair laws and taxes.
King George III
Year the Declaration of Independence was written.
1776
The first battles of the American Revolution took Place in this state.
Masachussettes
Long ago, England ruled the 13 colonies in North America. Another word for rule is...
govern