https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq en-us 2018-11-05 15:00:42 UTC 2025-10-23 02:49:23 UTC hello@padlet.com whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/300504608 Great Britain won the French and Indian War, but Parliament still had to pay for it. The British continued to keep a standing army in North America to protect colonists from Indian attacks. Prime Minister George Grenville asked Parliament to tax colonists to help pay for this. ]]> 2018-11-05 15:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/300504608 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/300504679 On March 5, 1770, a British soldier and a colonist got into an argument. A group of colonists from Boston gathered around the British soldier and started calling him names and throwing snowballs at him. The soldiers felt threatened and began shooting at them. ]]> 2018-11-05 15:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/300504679 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/300504824 Three ships loaded with tea arrived at the Boston Harbor. On December 16, 1773, colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans and snuck onto the ships and threw over 340 tea chests into the Boston Harbor. ]]> 2018-11-05 15:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/300504824 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/300521171 This act required people to buy an official stamp or seal when they bought paper items. The tax had to be paid on legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, and even playing cards. ]]> 2018-11-05 15:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/300521171 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301011227 This was the first man that was killed in the Boston Massacre.]]> 2018-11-06 14:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301011227 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301013925 In June 1767 the Townshend Acts was passed. This act placed duties on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. It also allowed for tax collectors to search for smuggled goods. ]]> 2018-11-06 15:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301013925 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301018296 Great Britain won the French and Indian war. They had to tax the colonists to pay for it and the colonists were upset about this. ]]> 2018-11-06 15:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301018296 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301018669 This act stated that the Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies. It stripped away the colonists independence. ]]> 2018-11-06 15:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301018669 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301018858 This act was repealed in 1766. The Parliament was upset that the colonists had challenged their authority. ]]> 2018-11-06 15:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301018858 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301020293 In 1764 this act was passed to raise money for Britain. This made the colonists mad. ]]> 2018-11-06 15:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301020293 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301022653 The new British prime minister was upset and wanted to punish Boston for what they did during the Boston Tea Party. The colonists called in the Intolerable Acts. ]]> 2018-11-06 15:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301022653 whitedak https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301022745 Parliament agreed and passed the act in 1773 which allowed the British East ndian company to sell tea to the colonists. ]]> 2018-11-06 15:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/whitedak/b3dq4vlftbq/wish/301022745