https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr en-us 2021-12-06 15:25:58 UTC 2024-11-04 08:37:31 UTC hello@padlet.com ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1931395304 The Stamp Act was another tax imposed by the British, this time requiring anyone who bought paper to also buy a regulated stamp as well. This applied to any paper good, including newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.]]> 2021-12-06 15:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1931395304 ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934015222 The Boston Massacre started as a street fight between the colonists and the British soldiers sent to patrol Boston Harbor. The colonists were fighting with snowballs and ice, yet they were technically unarmed. When a British soldier fired on these colonists, the Sons of Liberty and other revolutionaries took it as a chance to spread their cause.]]> 2021-12-07 16:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934015222 ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934016814 The Sugar Act was a tax imposed on the colonies by Britain in order to pay for the debts caused by the Seven Years War. This increased the taxes on importing sugar and molasses and was one of the earliest of many taxes imposed on the colonies in order to pay for the war.]]> 2021-12-07 16:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934016814 ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934018221 The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts passed to punish Massachusetts for their involvement in the Boston Tea Party. One of these acts closed the Boston Harbor until the colonists could pay for the lost tea, and another allowed British officials to have a trial in Britain if they thought they would not get a fair trial in Massachusetts.]]> 2021-12-07 16:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934018221 ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934019397 The Tea Act was an act that took out the liaison when it came to importing tea into the colonies, allowing the East India Company to import tea directly into the colonies without first having to sell to a colonial merchant. This hurt the colonial economy and resulted in a boycott on tea and an increase in smuggling attempts, as well as a crackdown on the smugglers.]]> 2021-12-07 16:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934019397 ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934020494 The Boston Tea Party was a protest done by revolutionaries dressed as Native Americans as a result of the Tea Act of 1773. The Sons of Liberty, along with others, threw millions of modern day dollars in tea into the harbor, around 340 chests to be exact.]]> 2021-12-07 16:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934020494 ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934021374 The Proclamation of 1763 was an issue released at the end of the French and Indian War that prevented the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. This was done for a few reasons, mostly being that the British were in debt and did not have the money to protect those settling there from the French and Native Americans who still insisted the land was theirs. This was not a popular move with the colonists.]]> 2021-12-07 16:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934021374 ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934022912 The French and Indian War, known as the Seven Year War in Britain, was a war between the colonies and the French, along with the French allied Native Americans. This war was over territory in the Ohio River Valley, and the colonists came out victorious, sending the British into massive debt.]]> 2021-12-07 16:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934022912 ksandy1 https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934024878 The Quartering Act was one of the Intolerable Acts, which forced colonists to allow soldiers to stay in their houses if suitable areas were not provided.]]> 2021-12-07 16:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ksandy1/3d7qf1eqk3v4m4rr/wish/1934024878