1. How to start a
Revolution

2. Step 1: Kick out the French
After the French and Indian War, Britain takes over most of the land France had claimed in America.

3. Step 2: Tax the colonists
“The nation has run itself into an immense debt to give them protection; now they are called upon to contribute a small share toward the public expense.” George Grenville

4. Step 3: Hang the taxman Tar and feathers!
“What greater joy did New England see, Than a stamp man hanging on a tree?”
Tar and feathers!

5. Step 4: Try, try again
They repealed the Stamp Act, what are they going to try now?

6. Step 5: Refuse to pay
“If you are men, behave like men! Let us take up arms immediately and be free!”
Samuel Adams

7. Step 6: Send in the warships

8. Step 7: Fire into a crowd Lobsterbacks! Redcoats!
Crispus Attucks-First Patriot killed in Boston Massacre

9. Step 8: Keep the tea tax
“I am clear that there must always be one tax to keep up the right, and as such I approve the tea duty.”
King George III
The king knew this would not bring in a lot of money. He just wanted everyone to know that Britain still had the power to tax the colonists.

10. Step 9: Throw a tea party

11. Step 10: Pay the fiddler
The colonists are now going to have consequences for their actions.
Close Boston Harbor
More soldiers

12. Step 11: Stand firm Continental Congress
“If need be, I will raise one thousand men, subsist [supply] them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston.”

13. Step 12: Make speeches
Give me liberty or give me death!

14. Step 13: Let blows decide
“The New England Colonies are in a state of rebellion…..Blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country or independent.”
King George III