How to start a Revolution

Step 1: Kick out the French After the French and Indian War, Britain takes over most of the land France had claimed in America.

Step 2: Tax the colonists “The nation has run itself into an immense debt to give them protection; now they are called upon to contribute a small share toward the public expense.” George Grenville

Step 3: Hang the taxman Tar and feathers! “What greater joy did New England see, Than a stamp man hanging on a tree?” Tar and feathers!

Step 4: Try, try again They repealed the Stamp Act, what are they going to try now?

Step 5: Refuse to pay “If you are men, behave like men! Let us take up arms immediately and be free!” Samuel Adams

Step 6: Send in the warships

Step 7: Fire into a crowd Lobsterbacks! Redcoats! Crispus Attucks-First Patriot killed in Boston Massacre

Step 8: Keep the tea tax “I am clear that there must always be one tax to keep up the right, and as such I approve the tea duty.” King George III The king knew this would not bring in a lot of money. He just wanted everyone to know that Britain still had the power to tax the colonists.

Step 9: Throw a tea party

Step 10: Pay the fiddler The colonists are now going to have consequences for their actions. Close Boston Harbor More soldiers

Step 11: Stand firm Continental Congress “If need be, I will raise one thousand men, subsist [supply] them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston.”

Step 12: Make speeches Give me liberty or give me death!

Step 13: Let blows decide “The New England Colonies are in a state of rebellion…..Blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country or independent.” King George III