American+Revolution+ashleyap11

Difficulty of Britain having colonies on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean: is like having your parents live on the other side of the world. You'll barely ever have time to talk to them and be able to follow rules. French and Indian War: is like as crazy as a tied championship basketball game. There are a bunch of people screamig and yelling and wanting to win! Proclamation of 1763: is like kindergarteners not being able to leave the classroom. There is nothing there to block them from leaving the classroom, but they are not allowed too. Stamp Act: is like teachers giving you homrwork. It's a direct assignment given to you by the teachers, just like the stamp act was a direct tax given by the British. Quartering Act: is like your parents. They give you a place to live and good food to eat. Taxation without Representation: is like getting a detention for getting blamed for something you didn't do. The Americans get taxed from the British without being needed too. Sons of Liberty: is like the board of education. They are a secret group of people that organize the rules of the school. Boston Massacre: is like a drunk driver getting into an accident. It is an incident that leads to people dying, then the driver fighting with the cops not to go to jail. Boston Tea Party: is like a hurricane destroying hundreds of houses. The British were making the Amercan's buy tea so The American's the tea in the harbor. "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere": is like a fire alarm. Paul Revere screamed ''the British are coming the British are coming"! to alarm the people, and a fire alarm goes off to alarm people in a bulding that there is a fire and you need to get out.

Shot Heard Round the World: is like the gunshot to start a cross country meet. During cross country at the begining of the meet there is a gunshot that starts the meet, just like the shot heard around the world was a gunshot to start the War for Independence. Declaration of Independence: is like students fighting for the dress code. The Americans were fighting for their freedom from the British, and we are fighting for wearing what we want. Battle of Trenton: is like when your grounded and you don't obey the rules. In the Battle of Trenton George Washington and his men had a plan on how to attack the Hessians, who were much stronger than them, like if you try to leave the house when your grounded you have a plan but you know that your parents are stonger than you in sence of telling you what to do. Hessians: are like the bullies of the school, they are strong and there are a lot of them. Battle of Saratoga: is like giving your child the same name as people in your family tree. When you have a child you sometimes name them so that they have the same name as ancestors, like whenever there was a battle they would name it the battle of Wallingford for example. Battle of Yorktown: is like the state cross country meet. The Battle of Yorktown is the last battle over land to define victory, like the states meet is like a fight to finish first to be the top team.

Treaty of Paris: is like when you sign a contract in agreement of something. The Treaty of Paris was signed in agreement of Portugal with Great Britian, France, and Spain.