2. The Iroquois fought with other native Americans and they took the native Americans’ fur to trade with the British. The Ohio Valley River Indians helped the French defeat the Iroquois.

3. In 1754, seven colonies sent representatives to a meeting of representatives in Albany, New York.

4. An Ottawa chief named Pontiac from the Great Lakes Region, united several Native American Nations to stop the French.

5. In 1763, the treaty of Paris ended the war and changed boundaries dramatically.

6. To raise money from the colonies, the British used a tax. None of the colonists’ liked it because they didn’t want to pay taxes.

7. A British official named Charles Townshend was determined to raise money from the colonies. Townshend placed a new set of taxes on products the colonists imported from England.

8. The Boston Massacre was on March 5 th 1770. A group of colonists had gathered at the Boston Custom House. The group led by Crispus Attucks and others began to throw snowballs at a British soldier soon eight other British soldiers arrived.

9. The British needed to raise money, so they put taxes on tea. After the British taxed the colonists, the colonists didn’t like it.

10. On a December evening in 1773, the Sons of Liberty held what would soon become the most famous tea party in history. They dressed up as Indians and hauled 342 chest of tea overboard.

11. Instead of backing down as it had with the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts, parliament struck back. For weeks it debated how to punish the colonists.

12. Colonists thought that refusing to trade with Britain would force parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts.

13. On the night of June 16 th, 1000 minutemen marched in the dark to Bunker Hill, their commander colonel William Prescott decided at the last minute to fortify nearby Breeds Hill instead, because it was Boston.

14. Jefferson spent about two weeks writing and rewriting the Declaration of Independence.

15. On July 4, 1776 congress officially approved The Declaration of Independence. John Adams Roger Sherman Livingston Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin

16. Jefferson wrote the words “All men are created equal” in a time very different from ours. In 1776, not all people had the same rights.

17. Made by Aaron, Bryan, and Kylie. Have a nice day and Merry Christmas!