American Revolution Day 2

Who was the King of England in 1774?

• Kamala Harris

• King George

• King James

England (mother country) of the 13 Colonies in the United States, needed money. England lost a war with France and wanted extra money from the 13 Colonies.

What did England (mother country of the 13 colonies) need?

• tea

• sugar

• money

England (mother country) of the 13 Colonies in the United States, needed money. England lost a war with France and wanted extra money from the 13 Colonies. The English forced the 13 Colonies to pay taxes.

Q: What did England force the 13 Colonies to do?

• pay taxes

• drink tea

• buy sugar

The English made taxes on sugar, printed materials, and things the 13 Colonies bought from other countries (paper, glass, tea).

Q: What did the English tax?

• coffee, sugar, candy

• sugar, printed materials, paper, glass, and tea

• paper, glass, iphones, pizza

Taxes are extra money one country must pay to another country to buy things from other countries and sell things to other countries. The English made taxes on sugar, printed materials, and things the 13 Colonies bought from other countries (paper, glass, tea). 

Q: What are taxes?

• money one country must pay to buy and sell things with other countries

• food one country must give to another country

People in the 13 colonies did not like the taxes. They were angry about the taxes.

Q: Did the people in the Colonies like the taxes?

• Yes

• No

People in the 13 Colonies did not like the taxes. They were angry about the taxes for two reasons.

Reason #1: The Colonies did not have representation in England (mother country).

Reason #2: The taxes were bad for businesses in the 13 Colonies.

Q: Why did the colonists not like the taxes?

• the taxes made the colonies money

• the 13 Colonies did not have representation in England (mother country)

• the taxes were good for businesses in the 13 Colonies

People in the 13 Colonies did not like the taxes. They were angry about the taxes for two reasons.

Reason #1: The Colonies did not have representation in England (mother country).

Reason #2: The taxes were bad for businesses in the 13 Colonies.

Q: Why did the colonists not like the taxes?

• the taxes were bad for businesses in the 13 Colonies

• the 13 Colonies liked the taxes

• the 13 Colonies wanted a King

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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• Thomas Jefferson

• Mr. Thompson

In June 1776, Thomas Jefferson and other men wrote the Declaration of Independence for the colonies. The document declared that the colonies were free from the English.

Q: What did the Declaration of Independence Declare?

• the 13 Colonies were free from the French

• The 13 Colonies needed to pay more taxes

• The 13 Colonies were free from the English