Summary
A short parody song on the French and Indian War -- Britain and France fighting over North American land -- and how its huge cost led Britain to tax the colonies. Bridges the colonies to the Revolution.
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Ages 9+
It's a war -- fighting is mentioned but not shown graphically.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A short parody song on the French and Indian War -- Britain and France fighting over North American land -- and how its huge cost led Britain to tax the colonies.
- Who was fighting, and what were they fighting over?
- Wars cost money -- how did Britain try to pay for this one?
- How did that decision upset the colonists?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: territory, war debt, taxes.
Try it: Explain the chain: expensive war leads to new taxes leads to angry colonists.