https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc Who is in the painting? (John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin - the American delegation) Speculate as to why the British delegation refused to sit for the painting. en-us 2016-03-02 21:16:22 UTC 2017-01-05 16:27:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/sticky.jpg 3012413 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145522938 I think the British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they probably were afraid that one thing could lead to another because of the tension between the two plus it would be very awkward]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145522938 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145522976 The British refused to sit in the painting because they were angered by the outcome of the war. Also, the painting seems to portray unity and the painter didn't want to add the British because they were against the colonists.]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145522976 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523012 The British refused to agree with the Americans in anything, as tensions were way too high]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523012 2036080 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523014 The British delegation refused to sit in the painting because the British were angry because the Americans had just been beaten them in the war. ]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523014 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523039 Benjamin west did not paint the British on the painting because the British lose to american.
 ]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523039 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523116 The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they weren't equal from each other. They were defeated from battle so they don't want to embarrassed themselves. ]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523116 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523127 The British refused to sit for the painting because the colonists have become traitors to British empire]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523127 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523138 I it unfinished because British did not think that they were equal. ]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523138 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523223 The British Delegation refused to sit for the painting because they didn't like how the war came to an end. ]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523223 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523252 I think they had big, humongous, clever brains because they did not want to sit next to the British and they did not want to have arguments. And they were angry because they lost the war.]]> 2017-01-05 16:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523252 3020786 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523282 The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because the Colonists had just fought the British and won. I think the British were angry and that is the reason they didn't want to sit with them. ]]> 2017-01-05 16:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523282 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523331 They did not sit because they maybe wanted to be different ]]> 2017-01-05 16:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523331 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523367 British were angry and mad were really bitter. Americans hated British and the British hated the Americans, so they didn't sit for the painting.The British were ashamed of themselves.]]> 2017-01-05 16:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523367 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523548 The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they didn't want to accept the fact that they lost the war and the shame for it.  ]]> 2017-01-05 16:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523548 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523662 Because the British might think that they have surrender since they are with the Americans.]]> 2017-01-05 16:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523662 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523685 The British delegation refused to sit for the painting probably because the British has done something to Benjamin West or his family like insult him, so Benjamin refused to add the British into his work. Or the British disliked the Americans so much that they were so ashamed that they didn't want to get in the painting. They couldn't except their loss to the Americans.]]> 2017-01-05 16:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523685 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523738 The British did not sit because they were angry for loosing to the colonists.]]> 2017-01-05 16:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523738 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523869 The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because all those people in the painting want the declaration for independence and the British didn't, plus the British lost the war. ]]> 2017-01-05 16:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145523869 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524045 The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because the British has done something to Benjamin f.]]> 2017-01-05 16:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524045 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524190 They might want to show there power because sitting down may not make them look as strong.]]> 2017-01-05 16:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524190 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524193 I think Benjamin was been say by government that British and america is not friend anymore or British don't want to be friend with american.]]> 2017-01-05 16:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524193 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524361 because the British might think that they have to surrender since they are with the strongest army of the world.]]> 2017-01-05 16:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524361 3021447 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524621 2017-01-05 16:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145524621 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145525446 They might want to show there power because sitting down may not make them look as strong.]]> 2017-01-05 16:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145525446 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145528611 2017-01-05 16:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/4jo9y0boigmc/wish/145528611