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Topic 7: USA Independence - Coggle Diagram
Topic 7: USA Independence
In 1765, the British Parliament needing money
for the French and Indian War, and passed
a law called the Stamp Act. This law said that
colonists had to buy stamps for legal
papers, newspapers, and even playing cards,
as other British people did.
The war started after years of problems between the British Empire (The Red
Coats) and the colonists of North America, especially Roanoke after the French
and Indian War.
There were 13 colonies, and the
colonists (people living in the colonies)
did not like many of the actions of
the British Government.
A series of peaceful demonstrations,
especially in Boston, the colonial capital, had
no echo. That led a group of discontents to
form a secret society, the Sons of Liberty,
who assaulted, disguised as Indians, three
ships of the East India Company that had
arrived from Great Britain with a large cargo
of tea. It was December 16, 1773, and after
capturing the crew, they threw over 342
barrels overboard with a total of 45 tons of tea, which sank irretrievably.
This is what is known as El motín de té de Boston.
A series of peaceful demonstrations,
especially in Boston, the colonial capital, had
no echo. That led a group of discontents to
form a secret society, the Sons of Liberty,
who assaulted, disguised as Indians, three
ships of the East India Company that had
arrived from Great Britain with a large cargo
of tea. It was December 16, 1773, and after
capturing the crew, they threw over 342
barrels overboard with a total of 45 tons of tea, which sank irretrievably.