A good idea would be to use the 7 year war. It’s a good way to talk about colonial taxes because it was the start of it all the war was only supposed to be 6 months and it turned into seven year so the started taxing the people and colonies in order to make back the money the had lost during the war
In the summer there were many crops and food but in the Winter all the crop would dry up and there was no more food. So in the summer they would grow so many crops and save a lot for everyone in the winter.