The New Childrens Encyclopedia

COLONIAL AMERICA

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1763

Companies were

established to trade

goods, such as fur

skins and tobacco,

with Europe.

1663

The French

surrendered their

colonies to Britain,

expanding the area

the British

controlled.

1773

The Revolutionary War was

when the 13 colonies rebelled

against the

British and won

independence.

The Boston Tea Party

was a protest by

some American

colonists angered

by their high taxes

paid to the British.

TAKE A PICTURE

The historic area of Williamsburg, which

became Virginia’s capital in 1698, has been

restored and re-creates colonial times.

HISTORY AND POLITICS

The British colonies By 1733,

there were 13 colonies loyal to

Britain along the east coast of

North America. In 1763, the

French surrendered their land to

the British. In the 1760s, Britain

began to tax the American

colonists, but their authority

over the New World was starting

to weaken, since the colonists no

longer needed their protection.

Revolutionary War In the 1770s, the

American colonists began to rebel against

British rule and were especially angered by

the heavy tax on tea in 1773. Between

1775 and 1783, the colonists fought the

British army and won. The British were

forced to recognize their new independent

country—the United States of America.

 DECLARATION On July 4, 1776, the

Continental Congress of the American colonies

issued a Declaration of Independence, signed

by representatives of all 13 colonies. The united

colonies were free, independent states.

The original 13 colonies

Other British territories

MS Massachussetts

NH New Hampshire

RI Rhode Island

CN Conneticut

NY New York

NJ New Jersey

PA Pennsylvania

MD Maryland

DEL Delaware

VA Virginia

NC North Carolina

SC South Carolina

GA Georgia

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