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The House of Burgesses First Meeting
The House of Burgesses met to show an example of representative government. -
Pilgrims Settled Plymouth
The Pilgrims left Britain in search of religious freedom -
Founding Colonies
The settlers started founding colonies in the Americas. -
The First Plantations
The settlers started growing cash crops on plantations to make money. -
England Becoming the Main Trade Source of the Colonies
The colonies sent supplies to Britain and got supplies back from them. -
The War Between France and Britain Begins
This war took place to gain control over the Americas, and the British won in the end. -
Boycott Against the Stamp Act
The colonies didn’t agree with the Stamp Act so they decided to not buy their products in hopes to get rid of it. -
Parliament Placed Taxes on Glass, Lead, Paper, Paint, and Tea
The Americans hated the new taxes and started to attack royal tax collectors, and made fun of the king. -
Boston Massacre Occurs
Mobs started attacking royal guards and in turn the guards started firing their weapons killing 5 people. -
Tea Act is Passed
This act was passed to let the British sell their tea very cheap, because they didn’t have to pay the tax the Americans had to pay. -
First Continental Congress Meeting
The Continental Congress met to decide either to settle the disputes between America and Britain or to claim their independence by war. -
Second Continental Congress meet
They met again to see if they could just settle the dispute peacefully one last time but king George III didn’t listen.
