American Revolution

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Events that led to the American Revolution

In 1 sentence, tell me everything you know about the American Revolution.

Great Britain had won the French and Indian war. As aresult, Great Britain gained a huge amount of land in North America. However, it also gained a huge debt. Britain also needed to send thousnads of soldiers to North America to protect new lands. Where would the British get the money to pay these troops and repay its debt?

What does the words debt mean in the paragraph above?

Only watch from 4:50-10:00minutes on the video below.

What was the effect of the boston tea party?

Please read the following article, you will have to copy and paste the link in a new web page.

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.html

Pretend you are living during the colonial times (1700s), your family runs a print shop. Write a letter to a friend in Great Britain describing how your family feels about the Stamp Act.