https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh en-us 2017-12-13 13:39:03 UTC 2017-12-13 13:48:15 UTC hello@padlet.com rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215775933 A representative government is "a government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government." ]]> 2017-12-13 13:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215775933 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215776379 The British used this system within their own parliament, with the House of Lords and the House of Commons.]]> 2017-12-13 13:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215776379 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215777401 Two big events helped shape the way colonists viewed Great Britain: The French and Indian War and the King George III's coronation. The war led to increased taxes, which were put into effect by King George.]]> 2017-12-13 13:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215777401 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215778672 In order to make up for the debt they had accumulated, Great Britain began taxing the colonists on most everything; tea, sugar, glass, paper, and other products, everything the colonists normally used was now taxed.]]> 2017-12-13 13:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215778672 rblankenbeker https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215779477 The strain between Great Britain and the colonies only grew from there, and those two events would prove to be the seeds of the American Revolution.]]> 2017-12-13 13:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rblankenbeker/24mjm5p5wfmh/wish/215779477