1. New Laws England passed a new law.
It created the Proclamation Line of 1763

2. The law kept the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
After all, we fought for the land didn’t we? There’s some great farming land there!

3. This is when trouble began between the colonies and England

4. Taxes
To make matters worse, the King of England decided to tax the colonists to pay for the war
We went to war to protect our colonies, why shouldn’t they pay?

5. New Taxes
Sugar and molasses
An added stamp to anything printed
Tea

6. Anger about the taxes brought the colonies together

7. They began to protest

8. the Boston tea party
Colonists dressed as Indians throw tea  into the water to protest the tax on tea.

9. Quartering Act 1774
when there was no place for British soldiers to stay, the town or city had to provide living quarters for the soldiers

10. 1775
It is not long before fighting breaks out between the New England colonists and British troops

11. April,1775

12. 1776
It takes over a year for the colonies to unite against the British
On July 4, 1776 the united colonies declare independence from the King of England.

13. Declaration of Independence

14. Signing the Declaration
It was written by a group of 5, headed by Thomas Jefferson

15. This document describes the vision America has for itself
It lists the many objections the colonists have towards the British
It declares Independence from the English crown