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 \nThe McGraw·Hill Companies  \nMacmillanMcGraw-Hill  \nPublished by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill,of McGraw-Hill Education,a division of  \nThe McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc..Two Penn Plaza,New York,New York 10121.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n3456789026100908  \n∵The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only.Numerals and words in captions,labels,diagrams,charts,and sidebars are not included.  \nSTRATEGIES &SKILLS AT A GLANCE  \n# Comprehension\n\n●Strategy:Make Inferencesand Analyze  \n·Skill:Draw Conclusions  \n# Vocabulary\n\n·governor,instruct,navigation,patriot,spunk,stark,swagger,tyrant  \n# Vocabulary Strategy\n\n● Build Word Families  \nCONTENT-AREA VOCABULARYWords related to the AmericanRevolution (see glossary)  \nCONTENT STANDARDSSocial Studies  \n● History  \nWord count:1,770**  \nphoto credits COVER:(bkgd)CORBIS.1:(t)North Wind/North Wind Picture Archives.3:(tr)Bettmann/CORBIS.  \n4:(br)CORBIS.5:(t)MPI/Getty Images.6:(t)Bettmann/CORBIS.7:(br)Kean Collection/Getty Images.8:(br)Kevin Fleming/CORBIS.10:(tc)Freelance Photography Guild/CORBIS;(t)C Squared Studios/Getty Images.II:(b)Bettmann/CORBIS.14:(b)North Wind/North wind Picture Archives.16:(b)CORBIS.18:(t)Bettmann/CORBIS.21:(bl)CORBIS.A  \nCopyright c by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced or distributed in any form or by any means,or stored in a database or retrieval system,without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.,including,but not limited to,network storage or transmission,or broadcast for distance learning.  \n# The Shot Heard\n\nAround the World  \nby Daniel Rosen  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction……………………………………………………………………………………2  \nChapter One  \nThe Colonists Get Mad…………………………………………………4  \nChapter Two  \nTrouble in Boston……………  \n…………………………………8  \nChapter Three  \nLexington and Concord.  \n………………………14  \n………21  \nConclusion………  \nGlossary..  \n……22  \nIndex…………  \n……23  \nComprehension Check  \n……………24  \n# Introduction\n\nIn 1765 British colonists had lived in NorthAmerica for more than 150 years.They lived in13 colonies along the Atlantic coast.Britain ruledthese colonies.Britain had just won an importantwar against France.The colonists had helped  \nthem win the war.The British now ruled over allof North America.Life in the colonies changedafter the war.  \nRoads had been builtPeople could travel moreeasily.They could tradewith people in the othercolonies.The coloniesgrew closer.They beganto act more like acountry.  \nThe war had costBritain a lot of money.Britain thought thecolonists should help pay  \nfor the war.So in 1765,Britain passed a newlaw.It was called the Stamp Act.It was a specialtax to raise money.The colonists had to buyspecial stamps for newspapers,legal papers,andother paper goods.  \nThe colonists got mad.They weren't only madabout the money.They were mad because theyhadn't voted for this tax.They believed that onlytheir representatives,people they chose,could askthem to pay taxes.  \nAnd so the colonists and the British had afight about taxes.It was the first step toward theAmerican Revolution.  \nThis is what one of theBritish stamps looked like.  \n# The Colonists GetMad\n\nThe colonists would not pay the stamp tax.They had different ways of showing how madthey were.Some boycotted British goods.Thatmeans they refused to buy them.Others marchedthrough the streets.  \nAt first,it seemed that the colonists hadwon.The British repealed,or did away with,the stamp tax.But King George III got angry,too.He ruled Britain.So he sent British soldiersto the colonies.He wanted to show that he was  \nboss.  \nThe British soldiers wentto Boston.The colonistsdid not like having thesoldiers there.Thenin 1770,something  \nhappened.A boy shoutedat a British soldier.Thesoldier knocked the boydown.The boy called forhelp.  \nSom","cbCaileGmboGtixn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaileGmboGtixn","pdf",3534217,28,"English","# Comprehension\n# Vocabulary\n# Vocabulary Strategy\n# Introduction\n# The Colonists Get Mad\n# The Boston Tea Party\n# King George II Strikes Back\n# Trouble in Boston","[{\"question\":\"Why were the battles of Lexington and Concord important?\",\"answer\":\"They marked the beginning of the American Revolution.\"},{\"question\":\"What triggered colonists’ anger in 1765?\",\"answer\":\"Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring colonists to buy special stamps for newspapers and legal papers and taxing them without their voting approval.\"},{\"question\":\"What were the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts?\",\"answer\":\"In 1773 colonists boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor. 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