American+Revolution

Introduction After the French and Indian war caused the British debt to almost double, but they still felt that it was still neccessary to keep 10,000 soldiers in the American territories. Keeping the soldiers in American colonies became expensive so King George III went to his financial advisor who decided that the colonists shoudl be paying for the soldiers themselves. This became the Sugar Acts.

No taxation without representation! Congress=Parliment


 * The 4 Works of Samuel Johnson**

Get the Gist: The British are able to tax the colonists

-Magna Carta -The Mayflower Compact 1620
 * The Colonists to oppose the British Taxation:**

-The 4 Works of Samuel Johnson -Virtual Representation -British Seven Years War Debt
 * Supports the British Taxation:**

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Similarities Between these two Pictures:

Differences Between these two Pictures: Picture#1: I See: 1.) I see people surrounding a harbor, and cheering. 2.) I see men dumping boxes into the harbor. 3.) I see men dressed as indians on the boats. 4.) I see boxes being thrown off of two different boats. It Means: 1.) It means that they are happy about the boxes being thrown into the harbor. 2.) It means that these men are sick of the tax 3.) It means that indians are helping throw the tea and/or that the colonists disguised themselves as indians. 4.) This is a big group of people acting for one cause.
 * Tea is being dumped into the harbor.
 * In a harbor area.
 * Tea is a big focus/part of the pictures.
 * People are celebrating in one picture, and torturing a man with tar and feathers in another
 * There are people dressed as indians in one picture, in the other there are just people dressed as they normally would be.
 * The colonists seem happy in one picture while in the other they look evil and insane.

Picture#2: I See: 1.) I see several men surrounding one man. 2.) I see those several men look satisfied and almost evil. 3.) I see the man being surrounded covered in feathers. 4.) I see the man covered in feathers having tea poured in his face. 5.) I see that the man being splashed with the tea and feathers looks helpless. It Means: 1.) It means they are hurting the man. 2.) They are happy with torturing the man. 3.)