https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia Highlighting events leading up to the revolution en-us 2023-09-10 21:29:31 UTC 2023-09-11 14:56:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4c5.png mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2694568008 King George III encouraged his military to stay firm with their efforts to put down the rebellion, that was going on in the colonies, in order to stop the an uprising that would soon lead to independence. ]]> 2023-09-11 05:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2694568008 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2694581803 The Salutary Neglect ultimately led the American colonies to gain their independence by allowing the colonies to trade with non-British entities. ]]> 2023-09-11 05:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2694581803 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2694587725 The Enlightenment introduced ideals of rationalism, intellectual and religious freedom throughout the colonies. They were involved with the creation of a nation without an established religion.]]> 2023-09-11 05:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2694587725 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2694590638 The French & Indian War contributed to the Revolution because of Britain raising taxes on colonies leading to boycotts and protests against British goods.]]> 2023-09-11 05:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2694590638 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697498242 This forbade colonists from settling or buying land west of the Appalachian Mountains.]]> 2023-09-11 14:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697498242 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697500183 Exactly as it sounds, the sugar act put tax on sugar which helped England but outraged the colonists ]]> 2023-09-11 14:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697500183 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697503721 This required that all legal documents, contracts, newspapers, etc. in colonies needed to have a stamp on it. This helped pay for the military presence in colonies. ]]> 2023-09-11 14:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697503721 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697509598 This was a large event leading to the Revolution. There were growing tensions between colonists and Great Britain and ultimately this event helped Boston and the colonies against their former mother land. ]]> 2023-09-11 14:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697509598 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697511734 Colonists were getting tired over British rule and they weren’t going to tolerate the unfair taxes on everything. Boycotts and protestes began leading to the Boston Tea Party]]> 2023-09-11 14:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697511734 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697516016 Four measures created by British Parliament in retaliation for the acts that the colonists made. Along with the Quebec Act, this established new administration for the territory of the French and Indian War.]]> 2023-09-11 14:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697516016 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697558584 The famous ‘shot heard around the world’ marked the star of American Independence. This persuaded Americans to work together and support the cause of Independence. ]]> 2023-09-11 14:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697558584 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697563143 An Continental army was formed and George Washington was elected commander. The Olive Branch Petition was formed and sent to George III in hopes of reaching a peaceful resolution. ]]> 2023-09-11 14:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697563143 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697565257 Pioneered ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration and the right to revolution which was essential to the Revolution and US Constitution that came later. ]]> 2023-09-11 14:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697565257 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697570766 Promotes the idea of American exceptionalism and the need to form a new nation. His Common Sense attached public support for the Revolution but the revolutions leader were put under pressure. ]]> 2023-09-11 14:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697570766 mianicholls2025 https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697573865 Summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence by declaring themselves an independent nation. ]]> 2023-09-11 14:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mianicholls2025/2r3yyccv6o0cjbia/wish/2697573865