https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu en-us 2017-10-19 16:36:13 UTC 2017-10-19 17:39:02 UTC hello@padlet.com elanicamarena https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198766125  I helped create a unique American identity by spreading the idea that "human relations are governed by a set of established laws". This means that every human is born entitled to natural rights, but it is up to their government to defend these rights. This belief inspired the eventual American Revolution.]]> 2017-10-19 16:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198766125 elanicamarena https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198774588 Representative government helped create a unique American identity by giving colonists the chance to participate in their own government, unlike any other government system in the Old World. ]]> 2017-10-19 16:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198774588 elanicamarena https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198779012 The Great Awakening helped create a unique American identity by giving people more religious freedom, allowing them to follow their own faith and have more control over what happens in the government and church, uniting all the colonies.]]> 2017-10-19 17:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198779012 elanicamarena https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198781174 Education in the colonies helped create a unique American identity by establishing the first colleges and creating a large population of literate citizens compared to other regions of the world. This was a cultural phenomenon for its time, further making it different from the Old World. ]]> 2017-10-19 17:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198781174 elanicamarena https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198783833 The press in America helped create a unique American identity by offering a cheaper alternative to books, making knowledge available to more people to make their lives easier as well as increasing the literacy rate. This empowered them, giving them more capable of their own government and rights.]]> 2017-10-19 17:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198783833 elanicamarena https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198786120 The British colonial policies and navigational acts helped create a unique American identity by causing the colonists to question their government after having their right to handle local affairs taken away and had unfair trade laws enforced upon them.]]> 2017-10-19 17:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198786120 elanicamarena https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198788773 Colonial resistance and mercantilism helped create a unique American identity by inspiring the colonists to rise up against the unfair trade policies, influencing the culture that was created in America and a movement to defend it.]]> 2017-10-19 17:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/elanicamarena/656dgi3syybu/wish/198788773