Saturday, March 3, 2012

The American Revolution

We studied the American Revolution in school. This is what I learned.

A long time ago America was ruled by England. England is in Europe, in the United Kingdom. America was made of 13 colonies, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts were some of them. Then America and England had a war called the Revolutionary War. That’s when the American Revolution started. America was mad at England, because they did not like British rule.

America thought the laws were not fair and thought they paid to many taxes. Some Americans threw boxes of valuable tea in the the Boston Harbor. That was called the Boston tea party. America wanted to have independence. America won its independence. After the American Revolution the people still had to pay taxes but they didn’t drink tea anymore.

George Washington knew it would not be easy to win the war. But they won. Benjamin Franklin was George Washington’s friend. He had invented the lightning rod and the bifocal glasses. My Baha wears bifocal glasses. Benjamin Franklin was also the inventor of the saying “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Thomas Jefferson was the author of the declaration of Independence. Jefferson was George Washington’s second friend. Visitors in Washington D.C. can see the Declaration of Independence. In the fourth of July in 1776 America became the United States, America was no longer ruled by England. Instead of a king they had presidents. George Washington was the first president. He was a good president.