Causes of the American Revolution
We are coming for you Britian!!!
Web cite questions
- When did the Americans win their independence?
- When would the fighting formally end?
- How many chests of tea did they dump into the harbor?
This cartoon is a joke on the midnight ride of Paul Revere in modern times. instead of Paul riding on a horse through the town he sent out a text that had a bunch of spelling mistakes.
American Revolution: in Two Minutes
Video questions
- What was the Boston massacre?
- What was the Boston tea party?
- What was the Midnight ride of Paul Revere?
The Proclamation 1763
The proclamation of 1763 is when Britain won the French and Indian war.The British didn't let the colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mts. because they wanted to reduce conflict with the Native Americans.The colonists saw this as another attempt to reinforce control over them by the British.
The Quartering Act
The colonists had to house British soldiers.They had to provide their basic needs,food,water,and a bed. The colonists were furious with this law because they didn't like the British and they were kicking Grammy out of bed!! They didn't want to have to feed an extra mouth, that is extra money you have to spend on someone you don't even like.
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre has two different side to the story, one side is the loyalists side and the other one is the patriots side. The patriots side is the colonists were out protesting but not being violent then the British soldiers came along and didn't like that so they shot into the crowd. The loyalists side is where the colonists were being crazy and they were throwing rock and clam shells at the soldiers so they fired protecting them selves. We might not know what actually happened but we do know that Chrispus Attucks was the first the be killed.
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first time that the colonists used firearms to fight against the British. They hid their weapons from the British. They threw snowballs and shot at them. That was the turning point for the colonists they realized that they needed independence.