The Colonists by Isaac, Noah & Isabelle

The British king was not nice to the colonists who came to America.  He raised taxes and passed acts like the Stamp Act that made the colonists mad.  The people came to America because they wanted freedoms they did not get in England and other countries.  They wanted a chance to make their lives better.  They wanted to be able to have freedom of religion and to own their own land.  The first colony was called Jamestown.  Towns built that had a good harbor prospered.  They could trade then.  They would trade things they found here for things they needed.  Originally they built houses like log cabins and built homes in hillsides.  As they got more money they built better houses, like the Georgian homes found in the Southern 13 colonies.  People, called delegates, from each colony met and decided to declare their independence from Britain by the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.