1. 1. The Philadelphia basketball team called the Seventy-Sixers.
Why is‘seventy-six’ an important number? What does it mean?
2. In the 1770s, Americans were angry about the King’s and Parliament’s
new tax laws. Why were they angry?
3. Write the old name for America:
4. What did the king do to force people in Boston to obey the tax laws?
5. Americans hated the Quartering Act. Explain this law:
6. In 1776, American leaders had meetings to respond to the unfair laws.
The leaders met in this place:
7. The leaders wrote a letter to the king. The name of the letter was
8. This was the the main idea of the Declaration of Independence:
9. Some leaders were afraid to sign the Declaration. Why?
10. America’s new name:
2. Why is the Philadelphia basketball team called the
26. There were a lot of angry Americans in the 13 colonies
Americans were angry about
the King’s and Parliament’s
new tax laws.
The Americans said the laws were unfair.
60. Americans hated another law called the Quartering Act.
This law permitted soldiers to
move into people’s homes.
The soldiers did not have to pay
for using people’s things or
eating their food.
61. Americans hated another law called the Quartering Act.
Americans hated the British soldiers.
They called them 'redcoats’and
'lobsterbacks’.
This law permitted soldiers to
move into people’s homes.
The soldiers did not have to pay
for using people’s things or
eating their food.
114. Betsy Ross lived and worked in a house on Arch Street. She sewed clothes
and pillows for furniture. Some people believe George Washington asked
her to sew a flag for the new country, the United States of America.
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/128054.html
“This print shows the British perspective on events in America. It condemns the violent defiance of law and order, such as the tarring and feathering of John Malcolm, the Commissioner of Customs at Boston, in the lead-up to the outbreak of war. Date made12 October 1774”
The 45 refers to the 45th seditious edition of British publisher John Wilkes’ newspaper.
https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/12/5-myths-tarring-feathering/
“This print shows the British perspective on events in America. It condemns the violent defiance of law and order, such as the tarring and feathering of John Malcolm, the Commissioner of Customs at Boston, in the lead-up to the outbreak of war. Date made12 October 1774”
The 45 refers to the 45th seditious edition of British publisher John Wilkes’ newspaper.