https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o en-us 2017-04-07 16:09:26 UTC 2017-04-07 16:49:34 UTC hello@padlet.com 99kimgue82262 https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o/wish/165428226 In the 1600s and 1700s, Great Britain held a vast empire with colonies all over the world.]]> 2017-04-07 16:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o/wish/165428226 99kimgue82262 https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o/wish/165431649 However, toward the middle of the 1700s, tensions rose between the British government and the American people.]]> 2017-04-07 16:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o/wish/165431649 99kimgue82262 https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o/wish/165432493 Beginning in 1754, Britain fought the French and Indian War on North American soil, and soon they realized they needed some way to pay for it. In order to raise money, they passed several taxes that all the American colonies had to pay. ]]> 2017-04-07 16:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o/wish/165432493 99kimgue82262 https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o/wish/165433111 The troops found out about a group of rebellious colonists who had stockpiled some weapons in a small town outside of Boston called Lexington, so they went to go steal the weapons. ]]> 2017-04-07 16:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/99kimgue82262/clqufnd7c2o/wish/165433111