4.+American+Revolution

When did this occur?[[image:http://gallery.libertynews.org/d/1628-1/congresshi1.png width="349" height="285" align="right" caption="The meeting of the Continental Congress"]]
The American Revolution occured between 1763 and 1776, the British passed many laws that affected the colonists negatively. The stamp act happened in 1767. In July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independance was finished and signed by John Hancock.

Who did this involve?
It involved the British and the thirteen colonies. It also involved the Quebec and Nova Scotia who had came to the meeting called the Continental Congress to discuss their plans. The first meeting was to discuss the British's unacceptable acts. The thirteen colonies are people that lived in the south that joined together to create South America. Each colony formed the thirteen original states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

What happened?
The Thirteen colonies felt that Britain was unfairly harming their economy and it made them angry.

Why did this occur?
It occured because the British raised taxes to help pay for the cost of defending the colonies by making the colonies pay tax for every piece of printed paper they used ,the tax on imported tea and many more. This was called the stamp act.

What resulted from this?[[image:http://www.yale.edu/glc/aces2/images/declaration.jpg width="336" height="310" align="right" caption="The Declaration Of Independance"]]
The Thirteen Colonies planned to rise up against or take up arms against the British and the British goverment. Nova Scotia and Quebec did not want to join the thirteen colonies in the revolution against Britain. The British and thirteen colonies went to war and the British were defeated.

What impact did this have on people today?
Without the American Revolution the United States would have never existed. After the victory of the colonies in the Revolutionary War the thirteen colonies became a country in what we now call South America. The loyalists who were on the side of British stayed loyal to the British crown in what is now Canada. The American Revolution was won by the colonies and as a result they were given independance.

References Images and Information found at: [] [] [] Aitken, Bob, et al. //**Their Stories, Our History Canada's Early Years**//, Canada: Thomson Duval, 2006. Print.