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AMERICAN REVOLUTION

For over 150 years ater the founding of Jamestown in 1607,England's 13 colonies had, for mostpart, managed their own affairs. Because Englabnd was so far away people slowly began to think that the King didn't make any difference within them. The colonist did not seek independence until 1763, the ending of the french and indian war. The british government decided to charge taxes on the colonists because the government had a huge debt because of the war. That year the parliament issued the Proclamaton of 1763. That law prevented the colonists of going wast of the Appalachian mountains. As a result, the relationship of The Colonists and England became strained.

Reasons because Colonists wanted independence: England's neglect of the colonists, Taxation without representation, Limitation of individual rights, Taxation, Mercantilism, Trade restricitons, Economic power, Free enterprise.

The first fight between the English and the Colonists was on Boston, March 5,1770. The colonists wre throwing rocks, pebles, snowballs and other things.The guars didn't do anything, but one of tehm fired. Some where hurt and one died. His name was Crispus Attucks. He was a black man.

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