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The Thirteen Colonies
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Virginia
A lot of colonists spent most of thier life mineing for gold. -
Massachucets
John Winthrop and the puritans came to Massachusets in 1630. They were seeking freedom and practicing religien. -
Rhode Island
Roger Whilliams and the other puritans whated to seek freedom and religious toleration. -
Connecticut
Thomas was a puritan and wanted to remain a puritan. He also wanted rules for the puritans based from the Free Consent of the people. -
South Carolina
The colony has a lot of ritch soil for plantation. -
New York
They renamed the colony New York after the duke of James. -
New Jersey
the colony obtained it's rights from the quakers. -
New Hampshire
The land was given to John Mason for seeking new epinonic opertuneties. -
French and indian War
The war started in 1754. It was between the british, clolnists, France and the Indians. It ended in 1763. The British were tring to take the colonists land. -
Stamp Act of 1763
The French and Indian War was exspensive. The colonists had to pay for the war. For the cost of the war, the British Made taxes for the war and one of them is the Samp Act of 1763. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The war was exspencive. People had to pay for the war. For that , The British made taxes and one of them is the Sugar act of 1764. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
This act is for the atempt for the British to take over the colonial lands again. -
Townsshend Act of 1767
This act was about the british bringing in lead, tea, and many other stuff to the colonies. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was about the Townshends acts and the colonists started to get angry so the colonists starrted to attack the british. The British killed five people including Criptus Attucks. -
Tea Act of 1773
The act was for that the tea that was shiped would go strait to the colonies not to great Britain. -
Boston Tea party
This was about the colonists got angry at the british so a group called the Sons of Liberty went in three ships and threw chests of tea into the ocean. They were later punished. -
Coercive act of 1774
This act was for the punishment of the colonists from them throwing chests of tea into the Boston Harber. -
The Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary war started in 1775. After the war ended we won and The British got the land. -
Olive Branch Petition
This letter was for the King George the third and it was for trying to evoid the war between the colonists and the British for Independence. -
Decloration of Independence
The Decloration of Independence was about the colonies having freedom from the British. The document was wrote by Thomas Jefferson. -
Treaty of Paris
John adams, and Benjemin Franklan made the Treaty of Pais. They later went to King george the third to sign it. -
Delaware
The swedish people were try to seek religious freedom from catholics. -
Pennsylvania
Whilliam Penn asked for a new colony, for the quakers and himself. -
Georgia
A man named James Ogalthorp had given everybody a chance to earn money to pay their depts. -
Maryland
Lord Baltemore was seeking religious freedom for the catholics. -
North Carolina
It is made up of farmers.
