| Independencia de Inglaterra |
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| Independence from England |
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| Introduction |
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| Introduction |
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| Before America was known as the "United States of America", it was a colony of England. |
| Antes que Norteamérica fuera conocido como los "Estados Unidos de América", era una colonia de Inglaterra. |
| The king of England was the ruler. |
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| El rey de Inglaterra era el gobernante. |
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| The people who lived here were called colonists. They were British subjects. |
| La gente que vivía ahí eran los colonos. Estaban sujetos a los Británicos. |
| King George the Third was the English king at that time. |
| El Rey George III era el rey de Inglaterra en aquella época. |
| The colonists had few rights. The American colonists were not treated with equality. |
| Los colonos tenían pocos derechos. Los colonos norteamericanos no eran tratados con igualdad. |
| King George made all the laws for the colonists. |
| El Rey George hizo todas las leyes para los colonos. |
| A British governor ruled each city. The colonists did not like this type of government. |
| Un gobernador británico gobernaba cada ciudad. A los colonos no les gustó este tipo de gobierno. |
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| before |
antes |
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subjects |
sujetos |
| few |
poco |
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equality |
igualdad |
| king |
rey |
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at that time |
en ese tiempo |
| rights |
derechos |
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each |
cada |
| ruler |
gobernante |
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city |
ciudad |
| treated |
tratados |
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| The Stamp Act |
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| Ley del Timbre |
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| In 1765, King George decided to put a tax on the colonists. It was called the Stamp Act. |
| En 1765, el rey George decidió imponer impuestos a los colonos. A esto se le llamó la Ley del Timbre. |
| All the colonists had to buy stamps to put on newspapers, almanacs, and legal documents. |
| Todos los colonos tenían que comprar estampillas para ponerlas en los periódicos, almanaques, y documentos legales. |
| The colonists decided to protest this new law. |
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| Los colonos decidieron protestar ante esta ley. |
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| Some colonists formed an organization called "The Sons of Liberty". |
| Algunos colonos formaron una organización llamada "Los Hijos de la Libertad". |
| Members of this organization asked people not to buy British merchandise. |
| Miembros de esta organización pidieron a la gente no comprar mercancía británica. |
| Because the British merchants lost money, they asked the king to repeal the Stamp Act. |
| Debido a que los comerciantes británicos perdieron dinero, pidieron al Rey revocar la Ley del Timbre. |
| So the king repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. |
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| Por eso el rey revocó la Ley del Timbre en 1766. |
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| VOCABULARY | VOCABULARIO |
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| Stamp Act |
Ley del Timbre |
newspapers |
periodicos |
| Sons of Liberty |
Hijos de la Libertad |
called |
llamando |
| decided |
decieron |
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sp |
por eso |
| put |
poner |
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lost |
perdieron |
| almanaca |
almanaques |
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asked |
pideron |
| repeal |
revocar |
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tax |
impuesto |
| merchandise |
mercancia |
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law |
ley |
