The Americans were angry at the British for they were being taxed for tea without a representative in the Parliament in Britain. Some of the more angry people gathered together dressed as Native Americans, and boarded a ship to throw boxes of tea into the water. Many people called it the Boston Tea Party. Another incident happened in Boston - the Boston Massacre. One snowy day in Boston, a local threw a snow ball at a British solider. Soon, armed and confused soldiers were firing wildly into a crowd of locals. Five people were killed. These two incidents probably spurred the people of America against Britain even more. Things were also happening in the city of Philadelphia.
People were writing the Declaration of Independence. What was it? Well it was a very polite way of saying America is free,free,free! After that many battles were fought and only after great effort with the help of the French,the Americans won! After the war important people wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to give Americans rights.Two very important people are Thomas Jefferson, one of the writers of the Constitution, and George Washington, a general in the Revolutionary war army and the first president of the United States.
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