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In a place called England, King George III sat in 

thought. For he had a big problem.

Faraway, in a land called the Colonies, King George 

III was creating unfair rules, called laws or acts, for 

his people. For that reason, the colonists hated 

him.

First the King created 

the Proclamation of 

1763. This was a rule 

that banned the 

colonists from settling 

west of the 

Appalachian 

Mountains. Most 

colonists ignored this 

act.

Second, King George III passed the Stamp Act in 1765. 

The Stamp Act required that the colonists buy special tax 

stamps for all kinds of products like newspapers, wills, and 

many more. For example, when a colonist went to buy a 

newspaper, he had to pay extra because he had to buy a 

special tax stamp. The colonists protested the Stamp Act.

Soon later came the Declaratory Act in 1766. This 

act stated that Parliament had the right to make 

laws for the colonists and tax them. This was unfair 

because the colonists weren't represented in 

Parliament. From the Declaratory Act, the colonists 

created the saying No Taxation Without 

Representation; meaning they should not be taxed 

if they were not represented in the government.

Slowly but surely, the 

colonists became angrier,... 

and angrier,..... and angrier 

until they were seething with 

rage. On March 5, 1770 the 

tension peaked and a fight 

broke out. The colonists threw 

rocks and snowballs and the 

red coats (British soldiers) 

opened fire. In the end, the 

redcoats killed five people and 

only two soldiers were 

punished for it. The colonists 

were outraged. That day 

became known as the Boston 

Massacre. It was a sign of the 

growing unrest there.

After the Boston Massacre, many colonists had increased feelings of suppressed 

hate towards King George III and his redcoats. The colonists organized a group 

named the Sons of Liberty to rebel against British rule. During the Boston Tea 

Party in 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and threw 342 

cases of tea overboard into Boston Harbor.This was to rebel against an act called 

the Tea Act, which hurt colonial merchants.The Boston Tea Party is a very 

memorable time in history when a ragtag group of men came together to fight for 

what was right.

April 19, 1775, the Revolutionary War began. Finally the colonists had 

reached their boiling point and the king's problem turned into his royal 

nightmare.

That morning, the colonial militia faced off with the British at Lexington 

and Concord. This time, the colonists were not there to make 

agreements. The colonists wanted war. No one knows who fired the first 

shot, but people still call it the Shot Heard 'Round the World. The 

Americans won the battle that started it all. 

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