USCIS 100:61 Colonists, Taxes, Crispus Attuks, Lemuel Haynes, and the American Revolutionary War

USCIS 100:61. Why did the colonists fight the British?

Crispus Attuks died during the Boston Massacre

Happy African American History Month! Today we continue our new series about the USCIS 100qs and African-American History. Today we will study USCIS 100:61. Why did the colonists fight the British? We will study about the colonists, taxes, Crispus Attuks, the Boston Massacre. We will read a poem by Lemuel Haynes about the Minutemen at the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Finally we will talk about the American Patriots, 1st Rhode Island Regiment, the British Loyalists, and the Ethiopian Regiment.

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USCIS 100:61. Why did the colonists fight the British?

• because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
• because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
• because they didn’t have self-government