https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al Timeline of important events en-us 2020-10-08 16:18:07 UTC 2023-02-26 14:44:42 UTC hello@padlet.com sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/815463620 Columbus arrives in the "New World."]]> 2020-10-08 21:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/815463620 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/815831870 French and Indian War- England and France fight over control of North America. The English want the land and natural resources, while the French want control over the fur trade. ]]> 2020-10-09 02:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/815831870 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/815867543 English arrive at Jamestown, Virginia and establish their first colony.]]> 2020-10-09 02:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/815867543 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817843790 The Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Mayflower and establish their colony. They fled England seeking religious freedom. ]]> 2020-10-09 19:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817843790 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817902788 Stamp Act- This forced the  colonists to pay a tax on all of the paper documents in the colonies. This was used to fund British soldiers in the colonies who were trying to keep the peace between the colonists and Native Americans.]]> 2020-10-09 19:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817902788 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817903031 Sugar Act- Colonists were now expected to pay a tax on sugar and molasses. These taxes and the ones that would come after were  an effort by Great Britain to pay for the French and Indian War, which had been very costly.]]> 2020-10-09 19:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817903031 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817903574 Tea Act- The purpose of the Tea Act was to help fund the East India Company who had been struggling. Taxes were raised on any tea being shipping to the colonies.]]> 2020-10-09 19:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817903574 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817904471 Quartering Act- Great Britain  forced colonists to house British soldiers. ]]> 2020-10-09 19:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817904471 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817906841 Townsend Acts- Imposed a tax on British china, glass, lead, tea, paper and paint that were sent to the colonies. ]]> 2020-10-09 19:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817906841 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817909058 Boston Massacre- A fight breaks out between colonists and British soldiers who are guarding the king's money in a custom house. In the end, British soldiers killed five colonists and wounded six. This event increased tensions between the colonists and Great Britain a great deal. ]]> 2020-10-09 19:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/817909058 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/830593021 Declaration of Independence- The American colonists declare they are free from British rule and make it clear that they are willing to fight for their freedom. ]]> 2020-10-15 00:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/830593021 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/832174963 Thomas Paine publishes his Common Sense pamphlet, where he encourages colonists to unite and break away from English rule. ]]> 2020-10-15 13:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/832174963 sopoku2 https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/832594239 Boston Tea Party- In their first act of resistance against Great Britain, American colonists threw 342 chests of tea from the East India Company into the Boston Harbor. ]]> 2020-10-15 14:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sopoku2/5z2fw7ssj32f19al/wish/832594239