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Having to govern colonies from far away is to Difficulty of Britain having colonies on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean as talking to a wall is to having a person on the other side of a window screen The Atlantic Ocean is like a window screen because it seperates the British from the colonies so the Britian have to wait some time to tell the colonies something because they have to pass it. A window screen seperates the outdoors from the indoors. Since the window screen is there, you have to find a way past it. Either you have to go through the front door, or find another way around it to tell the person what you want to tell them. Same with the Britian and the colonies. The Britian have to find a way around the Atlantic Ocean, such as a boat or ship, to tell the colonies something.

Fighting over land is to French and Indian War as fighting over cities is to super heroes and evil villians The super heroes (Indians) try to protect their city (land) and save the people from the villians (French). The villians are trying to take over the world or the city (land) and torture the people, so the super heroes and the villians fight over the city (land).

Laws is to the Proclamation of 1763 as rules is to parents Parents tell you what to do and so does the Proclamation of 1763. Your parents also tell you where you are allowed to go and where you are not. The Proclamation of 1763 tells the people they can not cross the border between their land and the Indians' land.

The Stamp Act is to government as people who beg for mercy is to people who get no mercy The goverment (king) implemented the Stamp Act even though the colonists ( people begging for mercy) didn't approve of it. The king didn't listen to them and made them pay the taxes anyways. Like the people who begged for mercy, the colonists didn't like the law, and even though the people begged for mercy ( the colonists rebelled), the man (king didn't give them mercy, or the king didn't change the law.

Quartering Act is to no freedom as having a stranger bust into your house is to no say In the Quartering Act, the colonists had to provide a home for the soldiers, and ofcourse they didn't want to. It's like having a stranger bust into your home and threaten to kill you if you try to get them out or call the police, so you have no say wether the stranger should be in your home or not. The colonists didn't have a say or freedom, so they couldn't change the act at the time.

Taxation without Representation is to mad colonists as high gas prices is to mad people The taxes made the colonists mad, so they mad a qoute, "Taxation without Representation". The high gas price made people mad because they didn't want to pay the price, just like the colonists who didn't want to pay taxes.

The Sons of Liberty is to freedom as rebellion is to rebels The Sons of LIberty were basically a group that got together to protest against the Stamp Act, same with rebels. Rebels get together and form a rebellion and rebel against what they believe is wrong.

Boston Massacre is to people bring killed as 9/11 is to people dying During the Boston Massacre, five colonists were killed by the soldiers, and in 9/11, people died because hijackers crashed planes into the twin towers. In both history disasters, people got killed.

Boston Tea Party is to taxes as world war 1 is to a Serbian terrorist shooting an Austro-Hungarian archduke The Boston Tea Party was caused by taxes, and world war 1 was caused by a Serbian terrorist who shot an Austro-Hungarian archduke. Both events were caused by something.

Paul Revere is to yelling as a tornado radar is to warning Paul Revere yelled, "The British are coming," to warn the people, and a tornado radar also warns people before a tornado comes.

Shot Heard Round the World is to all the colonists and British as Internet is to the whole world Everyone including the colonists and British knew about the fight the shot heard around the world was fired and if you put something on the Internet, the whole world will soon see it and know.

Declaration of Independence is to signing as signing up for something is to agreeing For the Declaration of Independence, people had to sign and agree on the things it said and when you apply for something, you have to sign a paper that says you agree with all the rules. On both papers, someone has to sign it.

Battle of Trenton is to sneaking up on the Hessions as scaring someone is to sneaking up on them In the battle of Trenton, George Washington and his troops sneaked up on the Hessians and attacked. To scare someone you have to sneak up on them and yell, "BOO!" In both cases, someone sneaks up on another person.

Hessians is to powerful as British soldiers is to strong THe Hessians were very powerful soldiers at their time and the British soldiers were strong soldiers during their time, so both groups were well trained soldiers and powerful.

Battle of Yorktown is to British General Charles Cornwallis as the civil war is to slavery British General Charles Cornwallis started the battle of Yorktown, and the civil war started because of slavery.

Revolutionary War is to Treaty of Paris as World war 1 is to the Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Paris was written to end the Revolutionary War and the Treaty of Versailles was written to end World war 1.