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Title: 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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commons/6/66/Henry-revolutionary-war.jpg
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!

Image fromhttp//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c
ommons/0/07/Us_declaration_independence.jpg
11
United States
  • Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of
    Independence.

Image fromhttp//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c
ommons/0/07/Us_declaration_independence.jpg
12
Fourth of July
  • We celebrate the independence of the United
    States on July 4th.
  • How do people celebrate the 4th of July?
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