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American IndependenceAmerican Independence
by
Don Fisher
First People in America
Native Americans
American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620.
Colonies were started.
The 13 Colonies Belonged to Great Britain
The British Made Some Taxes• 1764 Sugar Act
• 1765 Stamp Act
• 1767 Townshend Acts
• 1773 Tea Act
Only Tea from British East India Company
Boston Tea Party
Tea thrown
into water
1774 Intolerable Acts• Soldiers in homes (quartering)
• Massachusetts Officials Appointed by King (no elections)
1774 First Continental Congress
• Colonists are loyal to Britain.
• Colonists want self government.
April 1775 First Battle• British went to Concord to destroy guns.
• Americans met them at Lexington.
• 8 Americans killed.
75 British killed on the way back to Boston.
Second Continental Congress• In May 1775 they met.
• In June they made George Washington the Commander of the Army.
July 4, 1776July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence
Main writer was Thomas Jefferson.Main writer was Thomas Jefferson.
“WHEN, in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands, which have connected them with another, . . .”
Declared our Independence from Great Britain.
“. . . all Men are created equal,
that they are endowed, by their CREATOR, with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappinessPursuit of Happiness . . .”
1620
Pilgrims Arrive
1764
Sugar Act
1765
Stamp Act
1773
Time Line
Tea Act17
74
Intolerable Acts
1774
1st Congress
1775
1st Battle
1775
2nd Congress
1776
Declaration of Independence
1767
Townshend Acts