https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui By Evan Sandifer en-us 2022-09-29 19:45:13 UTC 2022-09-29 21:11:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f432.png sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320028791 War between France and Great Britain. France lost and gave up American land to Britain. Britain suffered from war expenses, which led to taxation of the colonies. ]]> 2022-09-29 19:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320028791 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320032898 Created to make up for lost revenue after war in Britain. Imposed tax on newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. Colonists were outraged and opposed this act.]]> 2022-09-29 20:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320032898 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320040590 British officers being provoked by a mob who were supposedly harassing them, took to open fire and killed five people. ]]> 2022-09-29 20:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320040590 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320042282 A series of laws passed to punish the Massachusetts colonies for the Tea Party protest. Included the Boston Port Act, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act. ]]> 2022-09-29 20:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320042282 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320042713 Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies assembled to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts). Compiled a list of grievances against King George III and a established a boycott on British goods. ]]> 2022-09-29 20:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320042713 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320043835 First bloodshed of the soon-to-be American Revolution. Seven colonists were killed at Lexington, but militiamen in Concord severely outnumbered the British, who had no choice but to return to Boston. Overall, 273 British soldiers were killed and 90 Americans. ]]> 2022-09-29 20:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320043835 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320046885 All operations of trade and delivery of tea were given to the East India Company. The tax left the colonists irate. The Boston Tea Party ensued, where a group of Bostonians, part of the Sons of Liberty, dumped tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. ]]> 2022-09-29 20:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320046885 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320049232 Basically prevented colonies from trade with any foreign countries but England. Upped production and shipping costs. Smuggling became the alternative option, which was later shot down by such acts as the Sugar Act (1764). ]]> 2022-09-29 20:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320049232 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320053946 At the Second Continental Congress Meeting at the Pennsylvania State House, the Declaration of Independence was signed, declaring complete abolition of British control over the colonies. The document declared that all men are made equal and have God-given rights, that the government should protect those rights, and if it doesn't, that it is the duty of the people to revolt the government. It also included a list of grievances against the King. ]]> 2022-09-29 20:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320053946 sancai9717 https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320055437 An incredibly influential pamphlet that swayed many colonists who were on the fence about going to war with Great Britain. Over 300,000 copies were sold. ]]> 2022-09-29 20:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sancai9717/5shvyxg1welr5kui/wish/2320055437