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A fundamental difference of opinion had developed between British authorities and the Americans on the related issues of taxing the colonists and their representation in Parliament.

]]> 2018-11-05 19:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300688780 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300689595 The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government.]]> 2018-11-05 19:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300689595 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300691685 After four months of widespread protest in America, the British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act a taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America.]]> 2018-11-05 19:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300691685 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300693652 The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.]]> 2018-11-05 19:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300693652 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300695731 The Boston Massacre began the evening of March 5, 1770 with a small argument between British Private Hugh White and a few colonists outside the Custom House in Boston. The argument began to escalate as more colonists gathered and began to harass and throw sticks and snowballs at Private White.]]> 2018-11-05 19:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300695731 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300699490 The Boston Tea Party happened as a result of “taxation without representation” yet the cause is more complex than that. The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for expenses incurred during the French and Indian War.

]]> 2018-11-05 19:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300699490 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300702007 The British instated the acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party, and the outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution in 1775.]]> 2018-11-05 19:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/300702007 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301188947 The Battle of Bunker Hill was an important event in the American Revolution. On the night of June 16, 1775 the US Patriot Soldiers dug fortifications on Breed's Hill across the river from Boston. Because the orders were for the soldiers to take nearby Bunker Hill they had seized the wrong hill. ]]> 2018-11-06 19:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301188947 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301192696 At the start of the war, France helped by providing supplies to the Continental Army such as gunpowder, cannons, clothing, and shoes. French soldiers helped to reinforce the continental army at the final battle of Yorktown in 1781.]]> 2018-11-06 19:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301192696 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301194281 Spain's role in the independence of the United States was part of its dispute over colonial supremacy with the Kingdom of Great Britain. Britain provided supplies, and munitions to the American forces.]]> 2018-11-06 19:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301194281 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301197438 Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.]]> 2018-11-06 19:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301197438 wolfjen https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301200384 On the night of March 4, 1776, colonial militia and local volunteers stealthily fortified the summit of Dorchester Heights. The army improved the fortifications and again stationed troops on Dorchester Heights during the War of 1812. After 1814, however, the twin hills declined in military importance. ]]> 2018-11-06 19:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/wolfjen/c4y3628zgatl/wish/301200384