https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2 en-us 2021-10-07 00:47:26 UTC 2025-10-17 20:49:54 UTC hello@padlet.com mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798173463 The french and indian war was a war that lasted for nine years, taking up seven years for the seven years war. It determined control of the vast colonial territory of North America.]]> 2021-10-07 00:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798173463 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798221247 King George III told the colonists they could not settle in any land west of the Appalachian Mountains, and any settlers  already there needed to return home. This was done to avoid further conflict between the Indians and colonists.]]> 2021-10-07 01:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798221247 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798224189 An act that made the colonists buy stamps for every good they bought. This was Britain's way of trying to pay for the war debt they incurred from helping the colonists win the French and Indian War.]]> 2021-10-07 01:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798224189 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798228335 The Townshend Acts were a series of taxes, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power.]]> 2021-10-07 01:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798228335 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798229872 The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated. ]]> 2021-10-07 01:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798229872 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798245473 The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists were frustrated at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation”. They dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists.]]> 2021-10-07 01:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798245473 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798260580 These laws were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government.]]> 2021-10-07 01:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798260580 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798263391 On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to Concord in order to seize an arms cache,  capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington, as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord.]]> 2021-10-07 01:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798263391 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798265353 It was the first major battle in the American revolution. It was fought in Charleston during the siege of boston. The British won.]]> 2021-10-07 01:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798265353 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798266752 The first significant statement by a nation's people stating their right to choose their own government. Written mostly by Thomas Jefferson. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as an important holiday for American independence.]]> 2021-10-07 01:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798266752 mckenzeebatten7 https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798269949 2021-10-07 01:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mckenzeebatten7/2d6ik7t4py1rmfu2/wish/1798269949