https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5 Made with the best of intentions en-us 2021-09-30 15:05:05 UTC 2025-09-25 00:31:15 UTC hello@padlet.com alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1781726686 It was a law stating that the English subjects who were living in Northern America weren’t permitted to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Though the British’s view it was an attempt to prevent conflicts between the Native Americans and the Colonists. Compared to the Colonists perspective, it was an attempt by the British to prevent the colonists from using the land they helped to win; in the French and Indian War. ]]> 2021-09-30 15:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1781726686 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1781756361 It was a renewed and decreased earlier tax on molasses, which passed in 1733. Was also created for taxes on imported sugar, indigo, textiles, and pimento; along with that it was created for the Vice_admiralty Courts which were controlled by the King. 
Though the British’s eyes it was a goal to praise the revenue, support the British Military-who were presence in America at the time- and to pay the war debt from the French & Indian War. 
The Colonists Response was that they responded with protests against unfair British taxes on the colonists. Along with that the British Parliament impose a series of taxes on all 13 American Colonies to raise money to help pay off their war debt. Which obviously made many, many colonists angry. After that the colonists believed that it was their own governments not the parliament that of whom should tax them. The conflict between everybody was about who had the power to pass laws that affect the colonies. Matthew Skic of  the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania stated that “The colonists were upset the decision (on taxes) was coming from Great Britain and no the American Assemblies. ]]> 2021-09-30 15:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1781756361 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1802757936 This act required colonists to purchase stamps for paper goods like legal documents, contracts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards. They had reinforced the use of Vice Admiralty, so the courts would help with enforcement.  Rather than with the colonists view, was that the British were forcing them to pay for a service they didn’t request for. With the taxation(without representation), it made the battle cry. They forced stamps of disruptors to resign, the Sons of Liberty formed as an organization to actively and physically resist the acts of parliament (that took away the liberties of the colonists), and they’ve organized boycotts. The stamp act congress - 9 colonies sent representatives to New York to discuss solutions to the problem of taxation without representation (the passed 14 resolutions.) Finally, the British’s response to the Colonists response/view was that they eventually repeal the stamp fact due to it failing to raise money. ]]> 2021-10-08 15:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1802757936 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1802766430 The Quartering Act of 1765 was a law that required colonists to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense. From the British’s perspective, this was just simply that the colonists needed the British army for protection, (so they should help pay for the army in America). Compared to the Colonists view, they thought that the British were forcing them to pay for another service they didn’t request for. That it was an invasion on of privacy because they had to house the soldiers in their own homes. ]]> 2021-10-08 15:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1802766430 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1802784650 This act was passed by parliament in 1766. It was that they colonies were subordinate to England and parliament could make any laws they though were necessary. So, it was basically a statement of England’s power over the colonies. After the colonists protested against the stamp act, the British were forced to repeal. However, originally the British created the stamp act to make revenue (money) to help pay down their debt from there French & Indian War. (And for the British military presence in America) It failed to raise money and the colonists created problems for the British, allowing with that the stamp act had created more problems that what it was value for the British. As a result the parliament wanted to make sure that the colonists knew that their reactions to the stamp act wouldn’t precedent parliament from making future laws. So, in conclusion they then created the Declaratory Act as a statement of their power over the colonists. ]]> 2021-10-08 15:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1802784650 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1811206925 The parliament looked for another way to raise money to pay off their war debts. So, New York colonial assembly was dissolved based on their role in hosting the stamp act congress. They then placed an indirect tax on paint, tea, lead, glass, and paper (those 5 goods were goods that people used all the time, everyday.) Indirect tax was assed to the shipper which was/is passed onto the people who are in the form of higher priced. The British then created a group of Customs Commissioners to inspect the cargoes to ships and to collect the taxes. They had tried to create an organized response to the Townshend Acts that was going to be similar to their response to the Stamp Act. Doing so, they organized boycotts, refused to buy the British goods, they drafted the Circular Letter (called for the colonies to be united against the taxation without representation), they organized protest and riots right outside the custom officials offices and homes. After all of that in 1770 the Parliament repeals the Townshend Acts due to them failing to raise the revenue, the colonists had won another battle even though the parliament had declared it’s power over the Colonies, and the taxation only remained on tea.]]> 2021-10-12 15:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1811206925 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1811263283 What had really happened that night in Boston is that a crown of colonists had gathered outside the Customs House to confront the British sentry who had supposedly struck a child with a musket. When the sentry called for assistance, reinforcement had arrived under the command of Captain Thomas Preston to maintain the safety of the sentry. However, in the result of the scuffle that follows a gunshot was fired casing the other British soldiers to fire, with that the five colonists were killed and another six colonists were wounded. Although they’re is a general idea fo what happened,. The details of what led to the soldiers firing is still somewhat of a mystery. After the use of the deadly force by the British, the colonists were definitely shocked. Never had the colonists blood been harmfully spilled by the British, and so they demanded that the British soldiers involved were to be put on trial for murder. For the colonists it was difficult to find an attorney to represent them due to their strong belief in the importance of a fair trial. With the effective representation by the attorney John Adams, who stepped up to defend them; helped rest the one major idea- that the soldiers responded tot he situation as they had been trailed to do. Throughout the trial, Samuel Adams (Johns cousin and leader of the Sons of Liberty) and other members attempted to intimidate the soldiers. In the end they won the battle in court, the soldiers were found not guilty, and they were then removed form the colonies to serve somewhere else inside the British Empire. The Patriots used the massacre to gain more support, which they said was an opportunity to gain more support for the cause of rebelling against British rule. One of the first things they did was to word that the massacre implies that a group fo innocent people were killed bu an overpowering force. By calling the Boston Massacre the Bloody Massacre it told people that once again the colonists were completely innocent and peaceful during the event. Paul Revere and artist helped aide the patriots by created a picture fo the event (making the colonists look innocent.) ]]> 2021-10-12 16:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1811263283 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1811278688 Most people think that the Tea Act was about a tax on tea. However, theres more. The colonist were angered about the lack of choice and the establishment of unfair trade. Overall eh price of tea would be less, but the bigger issue for the colonist was the tea trade. According to the Tea Act the British East India Company would be permitted to ship tea directly to the colonies. It gave the British East India Company an unfair advantage which allowed them to charge a cheaper price. Many colonist felt that it took away their ability to choose the tea that they want to buy. In response the colonies would boycott, protest, and refuse to unload ships full of the British East India Companies tea. ]]> 2021-10-12 16:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1811278688 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1811289003 The British left Boston in hope to capture leaders of the Sons of Liberty, and in hopes to capture gunpowder that was being stroked by the Sons of Liberty. Paul Rever, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott warned the colonists of the British’s armies movement. The first shot is known as the “shot heard around the world” ]]> 2021-10-12 16:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1811289003 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1812241024 What had led to the Boston Tea Party was a number of things starting with the ship carrying mostly British East India Company tea. When the ship arrived in the Boston Harbor Samuel Adams urged the captain to leave without paying the tax on the cargo of tea. Which, the Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson had refilled to allow the ship to leave without paying the appropriate tax. After that he stationed 25 men at the wharf to make sure the tea wouldn’t get unloaded, and that it wasn’t already unloaded. Then, the standoff begun. According to the British law Dartmouth had 20 days to pay the tax or else the cargo would be seized by the government. With the standoff between the Sons of Liberty and Governor Hutchinson continuing, two more ships (the Eleanor and the Beaver) had arrived full of tea causing more problems. Finally the standoff had continued until Dartmouth’s 20th day in port, or December 16, 1773. On that day the Sons of Liberty met at the old south meeting house in Boston, they talked about their next steps and waiting to see in Governor Hutchinson would back down. In the final house of the 20th day word had come that he wasn’t going to back down. Samuel Adams then said “This meeting can do nothing further to save the country!” Late that night they disguised themselves as Native Americans who were heading down to the wharf. They then boarded 3 ships that of which were loaded with tea and started dumping the tea into the harbor. All in all, they dumped 342 chest of tea, and so thousands of colonists cheered with joy. ]]> 2021-10-12 23:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1812241024 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1812315824 The Coercive Acts were created in response to the Boston Tea Partly the British saw a need to reinforce their power over the colonies. The destruction of the tea had gone too far and the Parliament would pass a series of laws design to coerce and forcefully influence the colonies into conforming with British rules. There were several parts to the Coercive Acts where each one addressed a major concern. The Boston Port Bill closed Boston’s harbor to trade until the Colonists paid for the tea that had been destroyed (1,000,000 in todays money). Next the Massachusetts Government Act was that the British had hoped to destroy the ability of the people of the colony to do what they wanted to eliminate their ability to gather in larger groups. Then the Impartial Administration of Justice Act; in response to the trials of the British soldiers who were involved in the Boston Massacre, it was created to better protect their officials. The Quartering Act was a law the enacted to give more power to the governors of each of the colonies. It gave them the ability to seize building to create housing for the soldiers and to centralize the housing of the British soldiers in the cities especially Boston. Finally, the Quebec Act was an act focused on taking land away from several colonies. The Parliament created a new boundary between the colonies and Canada, the new boundary effects Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Virginia, who all also lost their territory. For the colonists all of that was going too far. They started to refer to the Coercive Acts as the Intolerable Acts due to that they couldn’t tolerate being treated that way. In response, the colonies sent delegate to Philadelphia to discuss what the next steps should be to resist the British rule. (the first meeting was called the First Continental Congress)  ]]> 2021-10-13 00:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1812315824 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1812320652 This congress was to answer questions about how the colonists would respond to the coercive acts. Their decisions were to continue to try to work with the British government or to agree to meet again in the price of 1775. ]]> 2021-10-13 00:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1812320652 alashaw https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1812332185 The war had begun before the second Continental Congress met in 1775. The big question was if to continue the war or not; the group agreed that the colonist should try to restore peace. That is called the Olive Branch Petition. The petition is a document created by the Second Continental Congress to attempt to restore peace between the colonies and Great Britain following the battles of Lexington & Concord. King George III rejected the petition and insisted on continuing the war. However, if the war was to continue they decided to Delaware independence. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin all helped with the he Declaration of Independence and when they finished the delegate signed the document and shipped it to King George III. ]]> 2021-10-13 00:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alashaw/6hgs4s3hlfw4ifi5/wish/1812332185