Hey, King: Get Off Our Backs! Cause/Effect
Effect: In the 1600's, the king could not just do what he wanted.
Because: He shared power with Parliament.
Effect: Colonists were used to having a say in government.
Because: In England, the Parliament represented people in government.
Effect: Britain needed a way to make money.
Because: It was in debt after fighting expensive wars.
Effect: The first colonists started their own governments.
Because: The British government was too far away to deal with daily problems.
Effect: Britain lost control of the colonies
Because: The colonists won the Revolutionary War.
Effect: The British taxed paint, glass and lead.
Because: They knew the colonists could not make those products themselves.
Effect: The colonists boycotted British goods.
Because: They were angry about the Stamp Act taxes.
Effect: The colonists declared independence.
Because: They were tired of the way the British were treating them.