Towards Independence

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Towards Independence
OR
"We do not need England anymore"
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What England Needed
1. Raw materials to make products
2. Place to sell their products
3. Money to pay off war debts
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What Colonies Needed
1. Protection
2. Someone to buy their raw materials
3. Someone to sell them products
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What England Provided
1. Protection
2. Buyer
3. Goods seller
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What Colonist Provided
1. Raw materials
2. Place to sell goods
3. Money
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What's the Problem?
England wants to sell more and buy less
Colonists want fair treatment
Mercantilism
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Englands Action
Colonists Reaction
1.) taxes
1.) boycott
2.) 1st Continental Congress
2.) Intolerable Acts
3.) Harsh Force
3.) 2nd Continental Congress
4.) King refuses to listen
4.) Declaration of Independence
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England believes
You Colonists Are Ungrateful!!
Colonists believe
England, You Are Greedy!!