The Road to Revolution by Madison Baumann https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k en-us 2022-11-28 16:44:06 UTC 2025-11-03 22:41:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Merchantilism 1500s 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400573922 An economic system where the British government forced the 13 colonies to trade exclusively with Great Britain at unfair prices.
Merchantilism prevented the growth and freedom of colonial business.]]> 2022-11-28 17:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400573922 Salutary Neglect 1607-96 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400581895  The British government left the American colonists on their own and the King failed to strictly enforce his own rules.The major effect was that the colonists were basacially left alone to govern themselves.

]]> 2022-11-28 17:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400581895 French and Indian war 1754-63 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400589651 The French & British fought over ownership of the Ohio River Valley. The war costed money so the british went into depth.]]> 2022-11-28 17:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400589651 Proclamation 1763 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400595421 The colonists’ were forbidden from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains in order to appease the Native Americans living there.The colonist felt this was unfair they ignored the line and went west anyway.]]> 2022-11-28 17:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400595421 Taxation without repersentation 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400605123 The colonists were forced to pay taxes but had no say in government.Many colonists believed that this was a violation of their rights and argued they didn’t have to pay the taxes.]]> 2022-11-28 17:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400605123 Stamp act 1765 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400611506 British Parliament’s 1st direct tax on the colonists. It taxed newspapers and other popular items.Colonists’ organized protests in major cities.

]]> 2022-11-28 17:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400611506 Townshend act 1767 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400617291 The King used money to increase the pay for colonial governors and judges to ensure their loyalty.
The Sons of Liberty convinced the colonists to boycott these goods. 
]]> 2022-11-28 17:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400617291 Quartering acts 1765/1774 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400622769 Forced the colonists to allow British troops to stay in their private homes and pay for their food and water. The colonists argued that this was one of the worst things the King could ever do. This was a major breaking point for 
many colonists.


]]> 2022-11-28 17:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400622769 Boston Massacre 1770 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400627472 This was a street fights between a patriot mob and a group of British soilders.A trial was held and 2 British troops were found guilty of manslaughter.]]> 2022-11-28 17:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400627472 Boston Tea Party 1773 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400642006 The Sons of Liberty snuck onto a British ship and dumped all the tea into the Boston harbor. The British government responded to the protest by passing the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonists.]]> 2022-11-28 17:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400642006 Intolerable acts 1774 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400644792 British Parliament punished the colonists’ for the Boston Tea Party. It made the colonists’ more motivated than ever to rebel against the British.]]> 2022-11-28 17:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400644792 1st Continental Congress 1774 12125022 https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400648321 In Philadelphia, PA, delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met to discuss America’s future. King George III rejected the grievances made by the men.]]> 2022-11-28 17:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/12125022/78s4miqa82487u7k/wish/2400648321