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Page 1: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

American IndependenceAmerican Independence

by

Don Fisher

Page 2: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

First People in America

Native Americans

American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620.

Colonies were started.

Page 3: American 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

Page 4: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

The British Made Some Taxes• 1764 Sugar Act

• 1765 Stamp Act

• 1767 Townshend Acts

• 1773 Tea Act

Only Tea from British East India Company

Page 5: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

Boston Tea Party

Tea thrown

into water

Page 6: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

1774 Intolerable Acts• Soldiers in homes (quartering)

• Massachusetts Officials Appointed by King (no elections)

Page 7: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

1774 First Continental Congress

• Colonists are loyal to Britain.

• Colonists want self government.

Page 8: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

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.

Page 9: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

Second Continental Congress• In May 1775 they met.

• In June they made George Washington the Commander of the Army.

Page 10: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

July 4, 1776July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence

Main writer was Thomas Jefferson.Main writer was Thomas Jefferson.

Page 11: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

“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.

Page 12: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

“. . . 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 . . .”

Page 13: American Independence by Don Fisher. First People in America Native Americans American Indians Pilgrims came in 1620. Colonies were started

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

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