D14 – Branches of Government, part 1
The American government has 3 parts. They are called branches.
This lesson is about one of the branches: ย Congress.
This lesson gives you 13 answers to the US Citizenship test! ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐ฏ
ุงููุฑ ููุง ููุนุฑุจูุฉ
US History D12 – The Revolutionary War
The Colonists said “we are not British now”. ย ๐๐ฌ๐ง๐
Do you think the British said “OK”? ๐ง
No! ย ๐ก They wanted the Colonies to be part of Britain. ย ย ๐บ๐ธ๐๐ฌ๐ง๐
So… there was a war.ย ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Revoltย means “make a war against your government”.
Revolution is “THE war against the government”.
US History D11 – The Declaration of Independence
The words on this piece of paper are a very important part of US History.
July 4 is an important date. The country of America was born July 4, 1776. ย ๐ฃ๐บ๐ธ
ุงููุฑ ููุง ููุนุฑุจูุฉ
US History D10 – Common Sense!
Would you touch fire? ๐ฅ๐
No!
Did you learn that in school?
No. Everybody knows that. It is common sense.
Thomas Paine wrote a small book called Common Sense. He wrote that America should not be part of Britain. It was a small book, but with big ideas that people understood.
US History D8 – Taxes!
The British spent a lot of money in the French and Indian War.ย ๐ฌ๐งย ๐ย ๐ธ
They borrowed money.
Now they had to pay it back.ย ย ๐ฒ
How would they get the money? ย ๐ค๐ก๐บ๐ธ
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US History D7 – The French & Indian War
This war lasted 9 years!
The people in the American colonies were not happy after this war. ย ๐ก
It was the end of “Salutary Neglect” — the British were watching and taxing the colonies now. ๐๐ฌ๐ง