Intro to WWII by Ever Guzman https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv en-us 2017-04-07 16:08:59 UTC 2017-04-07 16:46:28 UTC hello@padlet.com NORTH AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE 99eveguz77518 https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165425877 In the 1600s and 1700s, Great Britain held a vast1empire with colonies all over the world. ]]> 2017-04-07 16:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165425877 LIFE IN THE COLONIES 99eveguz77518 https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165426969 American colonists liked having fairly independent lives and governments while still enjoying the economic benefits of being part of the British Empire. ]]> 2017-04-07 16:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165426969 COLONIAL UNREST 99eveguz77518 https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165427629 The men were members of the Sons of Liberty, a secret society organized to protect the rights of colonists and to protest unfair taxation.]]> 2017-04-07 16:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165427629 THE BATTLE BEGINS 99eveguz77518 https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165428564 Britain sent troops to Massachusetts.The colonists found out about this ahead of time, and a small group of minutemen, or American civilian soldiers, met them on the way.]]> 2017-04-07 16:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165428564 INDEPENDENCE AT LAST 99eveguz77518 https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165429192 They settled on the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson. This document declared that the colonies would unite as states to become their own country. ]]> 2017-04-07 16:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/99eveguz77518/2vm8lws9wxqv/wish/165429192