Trouble+Over+Taxes

=__ Trouble Over Taxes __=

=Schoolhouse Rock - No More Kings= =media type="custom" key="248175"=

**What we learned from this video:**

 * __ Grace __** said, "People came over from England to the New World and began building houses and growing corn. England's king got upset with them."

**__Milan__** said, "The people who came over to the New World started to feel independent. They didn't want to be ruled by England anymore."


 * __ Isaiah __** said, "When the people started to feel independent, the king of England sent soldiers over. The soldiers took things away from them and began taxing them."


 * __ Anthony __** said, "The people wanted their new place to be a free country, separate from England. They wanted to elect a president as their leader."

**__Tristan__** said, "When the people decided to become independent, they re-arranged the British flag to become their own flag. They kept the same colors but moved the stripes around and added stars."

**__Jake__** said, "King George was the ruler of England at that time and he started taxing the people in the New Americas."


 * __ Chance __** said, "The settlers ignored King George until he sent over his soldiers. The settlers showed them how they felt about the taxes, they spilled the tea into the harbor."

__**Jodie**__ said, "In 1620 the settlers sailed the Mayflower over to the New World to make it their own. King George didn't like this, so he declared taxes on the settlers."

**__Jason and Tyler__** said, "In 1620 the English came to the New World. The people began building their own towns and settlements. King George decided to tax the settlers. This tax was called "Taxation Without Represntation."