First People

1
First People

• Who lived in America before the Europeans
  arrived?
• __________________________
• Name one American Indian tribe in the United
  States. ____________________

2
England

• The _____ American colonies were part of England.
• Who was the leader of the 13 colonies?
• The King of England.
• The British King made the rules.

3
13 Colonies

• Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
• _________________
• _________________

4
13 Colonies

• There were 13 original states. Name three.
• _________________
• _________________
• _________________

5
Colonists

• What is one reason colonists came to America?
• ____________________________
• ____________________________

6
Taxes

• The colonists had to pay taxes to the King of
  England.
• Taxes- money people pay to the government for
• _________________
• _________________
• _________________

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7
High Taxes

• The colonists were angry because they had to pay
  taxes to England, but they didnt have a vote in
  England.
• taxation without representation

8
Revolutionary War

• The colonists fought a war with the British for
  independence.
• This war is the
• American Revolutionary War.
• The colonists won the war against the British!

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9
Revolutionary War
Why did the colonists fight the
British? ____________________ ____________________
10
United States

• The Declaration of Independence was adopted on
• __________________________.
• It said all people have the right to life and
  liberty.
• It said that the United States is free!

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11
United States

• Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of
  Independence.

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12
Fourth of July

• We celebrate the independence of the United
  States on July 4th.
• How do people celebrate the 4th of July?