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hi today we're going to begin RX creation of US History this is the tax we're going to be using and we're going to start off today which after 1 and give you a little preview how County so-so chapter 1 basically deals with colonial America the Revolution and the writing Constitution and so what you'll find in this chapter is is you know just a little bit on coming to the New World treatment of folks already here why people came over here you know who the great Thanksgiving we have with the pilgrims pilgrims came here religious freedom for themselves not for others if you were a different Faith they booted you out of the colony Rhode Island were started pause people were booted out of Massachusetts Bay Colony because they develop different religious ideas can in the Middle Colonies for example Jamestown in Virginia with started as a money-making calling down south Georgia they were looking to get rid of poor people can pay their debts in England so they started Georgia so it so each tell me how such unique history and  they were started for different reasons but as England gain control of the 13 colonies every every Colony developed their own governmental system and and so you started to have complaints about the British not paying attention to the colonial governments it got so bad that we didn't feel like we were are are legit Colonial legislators from being hurt at all you know if we if you wanted to write a letter to the king let's say you will you at a complaint how long do you think it would take for you remember this is not you no pick up the phone and call someone far away so what should we do let's say you lived in Springfield Massachusetts you would do it write your letter and then you got to get so you give your letter to somebody going to Boston right and so he's on Horseback and he's gone bring it on it takes him a couple weeks to get to Boston and then he needs to find a ship going to London so he goes out with your ladder and with other letters and he goes to the seaport and he finds a ship captain going to London but he's not going directly he's going to New York first  okay well let's mess we're going to do so they take him to the ship captain and he goes in New York now pics of More Than Words and then he goes is on his way to London let's say they're doing well maybe a month maybe Monday then they look at the mail and then give it to to The Courier who takes it up to the king and so they open it up and you know they put it at the bottom cuz you know you're just some small  couple months go by they finally get your letter guy reads it now the Kings not rated  send it back so we can sit to a career and say take it immediately to ship captain going to Boston and they take off another month goes by and then they get to the port and then they got to find a guy going out to Springfield Massachusetts so so you know I mean this whole playing  could take four months it could take 6 months to get a reply you may never get a reply because in all those places right and so if england it's 6 months away from hearing of its citizens that's a problem and that's one of the problems that was facing America on the dawn of the and the question was what gives you the right to rule over me and so as you go through this that will be a central fast  and so as as Colonials Colonial list start to answer that question add create a revolution and then create a constitution  and get that Constitution approve because that Constitution was then sent out to all the states and the people had to vote on whether or not they wanted to be it was an extraordinary couple deck

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