https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56 John Morris- State Standard: 8.15-8.20 en-us 2022-09-18 01:05:49 UTC 2026-02-28 20:12:54 UTC hello@padlet.com johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301308729 The American Revolution began April 19, 1775 in Massachusetts. 
Minute Men :https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/patriotsday-minute-men/]]> 2022-09-18 02:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301308729 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301309995 June 17, 1775. The first major action of the war. The inexperienced patriots hold off British forces for over two hours. Though they abandon their post, they show they are not intimidated by the British. Almost half of the British soldiers that fought ended up dead or wounded. 
https://youtu.be/9UqJzKX03-0]]> 2022-09-18 02:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301309995 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301310430 Feb. 27, 1776. The Loyalists (Americans who do not want independence from Britain) are defeated by the patriot army. 

https://www.nps.gov/mocr/index.htm]]> 2022-09-18 02:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301310430 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301310982 After an all-day attack on Sullivan's Island on June 28, 1776, the British become frustrated from the tricky waters of the Charleston Harbor and retreat. 

https://youtu.be/hPzrDfLBX4U]]> 2022-09-18 02:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301310982 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301311709 July 1776 the Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Loyalist sentiment remains strong in many areas, and Americas primary allegiance is to their states. 

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript]]> 2022-09-18 02:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301311709 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301313910 Beginning in 1763 Great Britain started taxing the American colonies to help pay for the Debt accrued during the French and Indian War. 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stamp-act-imposed-on-american-colonies]]> 2022-09-18 02:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301313910 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301316938 General Lord Cornwallis surrenders to the American forces on October 17, 1781. He surrendered 7087 officers and men, 900 seamen, 144 cannons, 15 galleys, a frigate, and 30 transport ships. 
He did not attend the surrender ceremony due to "illness". 
This ended the fighting for the American Colonies- though war still continued on the high seas.

https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/surrender-lord-cornwallis

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Sept. 19, 1777
Colonists used guerrilla warfare to target officers to change the rules of war forever. ]]> 2022-09-18 03:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301319185 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301320261 Sept. 17, 1781.
The Franco-American alliance surrounded Yorktown, VA on all sides by land and sea and laid siege leading to Cornwallace's surrender. 
https://youtu.be/Mg7GA_aBeHw]]> 2022-09-18 03:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301320261 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301322021 Colonial resistance led to violence in 1770 when British soldiers killed five men. 

]]> 2022-09-18 03:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301322021 johnmorris12 https://padlet.com/johnmorris12/4wzk36qqpmw4lo56/wish/2301322963 After December 1773, a band of men altered their identity to board British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. This led to the Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts. These were designed to reassert imperial authority in Massachusetts.
 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/road-to-revolution/the-american-revolution/a/the-boston-tea-party

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