https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2017-04-07 16:31:07 UTC 2017-04-07 16:45:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 00sallop90295 https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165429228 In the 1600s and 1700s, Great Britain held a vast empire with colonies all over the world.]]> 2017-04-07 16:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165429228 00sallop90295 https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165429625  American colonists liked having fairly independent lives and governments while still enjoying the economic benefits of being part of the British Empire.]]> 2017-04-07 16:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165429625 00sallop90295 https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165430069 Twelve out of the 13 colonies sent representatives to the First Continental Congress in September, 1774 to decide what to do about this mistreatment from the British government.]]> 2017-04-07 16:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165430069 00sallop90295 https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165430975 The troops found out about a group of rebellious colonists who had stockpiled14 some weapons in a small town outside of Boston called Lexington, so they went to go steal the weapons.]]> 2017-04-07 16:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165430975 00sallop90295 https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165431532 Twelve out of the 13 colonies voted in favor of independence on July 2, 1776. The Second Continental Congress officially adopted the document on July 4, 1776, and the United States became independent.]]> 2017-04-07 16:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/00sallop90295/9k1wd6s4cq7r/wish/165431532