American Revolution (1) Beginnings
1620 Mayflower: -Calvinists who were against the rules of the church of England, decided to emigrate from Plymouth, England to America to find religious freedom.
-Destination was Virginia but arrived at Cape Cod, because of the stormy weather
1621: -founded a new settlement in Massachusetts (Plymouth)
-later more colonies
1643- 1715: -Absolute rule in France, lasted until 1789 (French Revolution)
1754 - 1763 The French Indian War:
-Britain wanted land, fur trade and power
-Native Americans helped French soldiers to fight against Britain
- They lost and Britain got half of the land
1765- 1766 The Stamp Act: -13 British colonies had to pay for the war by paying taxes on papers, cards and official documents.
- groupe of radical men called "Sons of Liberty" was against it.
- Slogan "No taxation without representation" means: They wanted elected politicians who would represent them in the British parliament.
- Stamp Act was abolished
1767: -colonies had to pay duties for good like leather and tea, but it was another form of paying taxes for them.
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