Report for Mr. Martienelle

1. For kids

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Once upon a time in 1763 there were two countries that became
best friends. These people were known as the French and the Indians and
together they made the French and Indian clubhouse , that no one could
join. The British people also known as the colonist always tried to come
into the French and Indian clubhouse causing them to fight everyday. Their
relationship just kept getting worse each day and before you knew it the
French and Indian were fighting with Britain. The British did many things
and even fought back and in the end the French and Indian won. BOOHOO
to the poor British men who had to go home and tell everyone that also
wanted to be part of the clubhouse that they lost.

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Later that day when the colonist came back home
to celebrate, some old crusty genies popped out of no
where .The colonists thought they were going to grant
them wishes but instead they introduced themselves in a
fun but very long song. The genies claimed there names
were John, Plato, Aristotle, Jean and Baron. Instead of
granting the colonists a wish they gave them reasons
why they should stop listening to the King. This gave
them all crazy ideas.

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When the Colonists finally came to their
senses they realized the things that King George
the third was asking for wasn’t fair. They yelled and
argued wondering what was the right thing to do,
since Britain was in debt from losing the French and
Indian fight, they were being forced to pay more
money for things like clothes and tea. They loved
tea and just thinking about paying more money
made them angry.
They came up with ideas like they shouldn’t listen to the king because he
was money hungry, meaning he only wanted money for himself and could
care less about the colonists.

5. Page 4The king kept making rule after rule and not
only were the colonists tired of this they
realized that the things he was saying
didn’t make any sense at all. First he
started with the Proclamation of 1763 which
meant the colonists could never buy houses
or move west of the mountains.
Then the king made everyone who was a colonist
pay for things they needed and this time it
wasn’t only tea but he added paper and many
other things ! After all these rules he didn’t stop
there, he made colonist take care of soldiers in
their homes less than 2 years later when there
wasn’t even a war !

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The colonist held meetings with other people and planned things to do and finally
they came up with the wonderful idea to dump tea all over Boston harbor
.This was later named The Boston Tea Party it wasn’t really a party for the
King but it was for the colonist. When King George heard of the news it
made him angry, and the colonist didn’t know but they just made everything
worse for themselves. All King George did was add more rules for people to
follow and there was even a rule saying all the tea that was throw should be
paid for no matter what. This time the Colonists were angry . They wouldn’t
meet up with each other anymore or do anything fun with out the King
knowing . Life was getting harder and harder.

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- Declare war : to say youwant to fight withthe peopleyoudon’tlike
Finally the colonist had enough. The colonist became friends with other people from
other colonies and together they became united and made these secret groups
called militias after a SECRET meeting called Continental Congress. Britain
wasn’t going to let anyone think they were scared so they decided they were
going to go to the colonist and declare war. What they didn’t know was that
while they were heading to Lexington and Concord ( the places were they met up
with the colonist ) the colonist were waiting for them and everything changed
from that point. Everyone there heard a weird but loud noise so they decided to
make loud noises back, everyone just kept falling to the ground after the loud
noises sounded and ended up disappearing magically. Many people from Britain
were gone and only 49 people in the colonists side disappeared and 41 people
almost disappeared but didn’t.
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8. If you can imagine it the war didn’t end yet. More people were
disappearing each day and one man decided the colonists needed more
then just to fight Britain they needed independence also known as
freedom. This man’s name was Thomas Paine also known as T-Paine.
Thomas Paine convinced many people to fight for their independence
and not let anyone tell them what to do and how much they would have
to pay for things that they normally need in life. Thomas Paine named
the book COMMON SENSE and on it there was a rap telling the colonist
to not listen to the king and everything would be better, not only for
himself but for the colonists too.
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9. Finally things were getting a little better for the colonists they were still at war but
people started thinking more about freedom. First it was 1 out of every 3 people
who wanted to rebel also know as fighting back after hearing what Thomas Paine
had been saying about getting independence. All of a sudden something weird but
wonderful happened, Thomas Paine got many people to start talking about this
one awesome word, FREEDOM. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams (two very
important people) were the ones who got every other important person to start
thinking more about freedom. Finally they decided and it was a go. Thomas
Jefferson volunteered to write The Declaration of Independence. Thomas
Jefferson got ideas from George Masion and John Lock it was later passed,
meaning colonists were free from Britain's control and it only took 9 hours.
WOW. The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence was John
Hancock that is why his name is written in very big letter like this
.
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10. On the battlefield they decided that the war wouldn’t end until Britain
or the Americans won, so an old almost crusty man named George
Washington lead the Americans to different places all around the 13
colonies. There was Charleston and Bunker Hill which was in
Massachusetts, probably around where you live right now. The
Americans defeated the British in Yorktown and had them running away
so fast that the French decided they would unite with them and
together they made an alliance ( a group that helps another group fight
people they don’t like ) The Americans won !!!! Whoop Whoop. They
waited years just to get their freedom, and finally they got it !
THE END !
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11. Me me and you
together forever and I
know I will never stop
loving you
About the Author :
Phyllis Nyamunda was born in
Nairobi, Kenya on august 17th
1982 and is currently living in
Boston. She married James Ford
1 year after her book became a
bestseller in 2010. When Phyllis
is not writing books, in
courthouses defending innocent
people, or choreographing
dances for her dance group she
is at home with her wonderful
husband and 2 kids playing
games like basketball ( her
favorite sport ). 