https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh en-us 2022-11-15 19:01:51 UTC 2022-11-16 13:29:48 UTC hello@padlet.com 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385381916 The British Parliament passed the stamp act of 1765, which imposed a direct tax on the colonies. People had to pay a tax and place a stamp on almost every product. ]]> 2022-11-15 19:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385381916 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385386310 A group of taxes passed in 1767 passed by British Parliament. They levied taxes on glass, lead, paper, and tea. Colonists became angry because the British taxed them without any colonial representation in Parliament.]]> 2022-11-15 19:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385386310 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385389255 On March 5, 1770, colonists harassed British soldiers stationed on the street. After numerous people threw rocks and debris at the soldiers, the British shot and killed five colonists. ]]> 2022-11-15 19:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385389255 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385391797 A group of colonists dressed as American Indians boarded a British ship and dumped boxes of tea in Boston Harbor. This was in protest to the Tea Act that Parliament passed which levied a tax on tea products. ]]> 2022-11-15 19:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385391797 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385394750 Parliament passed a series of acts in response to the Boston Tea Party. These acts included the closure of Boston Harbor, a leader appointed by the king, and forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.]]> 2022-11-15 19:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385394750 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385399882 On April 19, 1775, British soldiers attempted to march to Concord, Massachusetts, and seize the colonists’ weaponry. When they reached Lexington, the colonists engaged the Army and began the first battle. The British moved along to Concord and after reaching their destination, retreated back to the water while the colonists attacked them.]]> 2022-11-15 19:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385399882 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385408887 The American Continental Congress declared independence from the British on July 4, 1776. Though the war was still going on, the Americans officially created their own nation.]]> 2022-11-15 19:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385408887 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385410730 During the winter of 1776, George Washington surprised the Hessians in Trenton, New Jersey in the colonists first victory of the war. After a series of defeats in New York, he led his men to a massive victory.]]> 2022-11-15 19:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2385410730 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386551999 During September and October 1777, the American soldiers defeated the British Army in New York. After mistakes by the British generals, the Continental Army surrounded the enemy and forced a surrender. This victory persuaded the French to supply soldiers and materials to the colonists.]]> 2022-11-16 13:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386551999 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386555003 George Washington moved his army to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in December 1777. Through the bitter cold, Washington kept his troops together and survived, even though hundreds died from disease.]]> 2022-11-16 13:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386555003 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386557095 The British directed their war campaign to the southern colonies. They attacked plantations and put British members in control of the farms. Also, they would return to the coastline cities where the British Navy had control. ]]> 2022-11-16 13:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386557095 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386559616 After successful campaigns in North Carolina and Virginia, the British Army returned to the coastline in 1781. However, the French army gained control of the waters and trapped the British soldiers in Yorktown, Virginia. The British surrendered and this marked the end of the Revolutionary War.]]> 2022-11-16 13:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386559616 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386563297 In September 1783, Great Britain and the American colonies signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the war. The treaty defined the United States border east of the Mississippi River and gave them complete independence from Britain.]]> 2022-11-16 13:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386563297 25akwas https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386566211 In 1787 and 1788, the United States officially wrote and ratified their Constitution. It set the framework for the federal government for the new country.]]> 2022-11-16 13:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/25akwas/d5brxwfp2efvfwnh/wish/2386566211