American Revolution Vocab by LUKETHEBALLERR https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw Made with joy en-us 2017-02-27 23:28:43 UTC 2026-03-26 07:34:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Boston Massacre Definition: An event that occurred on March 5th, 1770, in which 5 American Patriots were killed by several British Redcoats. The Redcoats fired into a crowd of people who didn’t have any guns in the streets of Boston. Crispus Attucks, an African American and Native American, is considered by many the first person to die for America’s freedom. Question: WHY did the Redcoats fire into the crowd of people if the people in the crowd didn’t have any guns? Picture Source:Revere, Paul. The Bloody Massacre. 1770. Engraving. Boston. sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156594061 2017-02-28 00:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156594061 American Revolution sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156594662 Definition: The war between England and its America, where America won it's freedom.
Question: What caused so much tension for America and Great Britain to go to war?
Picture Citation:   Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. 1797.]]> 2017-02-28 00:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156594662 Parliament sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156599389 Definition: An assemble of nobles who are the legislative  of the United Kingdom. 
Question: How many people were trusted to go to these?
Picture Citation:"1764 Sugar Act." Important turning point for America. Web. 27 Feb. 2017.
]]> 2017-02-28 00:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156599389 Minuteman sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156605278 Definition: People in the military who are ready to assist in one minute
Question: What kinds of tasks did these 'minutemen' have to do.
Picture Citation: Minute Man Statue Lexington Massachusetts. 2010. Lexington, Massachusetts.
 ]]> 2017-02-28 01:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156605278 Repeal sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156875509 Definition: The action of taking back a law
Question: Were these "repeals" were what led to the war?
Picture Citation:Prohibition ends at last. 1933. ]]> 2017-02-28 21:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156875509 Boycott sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156895101 Definition: To refuse to do something until it has changed in your favor
Question: If there were boycotts way back in the 1800s what were they about, and did they cause the tension to start the war?
Picture citation: Dontstopdontshop. 2012.]]> 2017-03-01 00:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156895101 Sugar Act sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156895894 Definition: Was a tax placed by the government did because sugar was involved in a lot of things.
Question: Why did this tax appear in the first place?
Picture Citation: First Edition of the Sugar Act. 1764

]]> 2017-03-01 00:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156895894 The Battle of Lexington & Concord sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156899191 Definition: This was the first battle that kicked off the Revolutionary war.
Question: What was the deciding factor that really set off this war?
Picture Citation: Battle of Lexington. 1775-1819 (Unknown date).


]]> 2017-03-01 00:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156899191 Proclamation Act sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156901511 Definition: It was an act that restricted settlers from going pass the line drawn Appalachian mountains.
Question: What caused England to put this restriction on?
Picture Citation: Map of territorial growth 1775. 2009. 

]]> 2017-03-01 00:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156901511 Propaganda sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156903148 Definition: Ads with a misleading nature often for a political party
Question: Was this used with or against America in the revolutionary war?
Picture Citation: Britannialion. 1918.

]]> 2017-03-01 01:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156903148 Stamp Act sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156906563 Definition: An act that forced the 13 colonies to use stamp paper for all printed items which is only produced in England.
Question What led Great Britain to initiate this act on America?
Picture Citation: O! the fatal Stamp. 1764. New York.

]]> 2017-03-01 01:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156906563 “no taxation without representation” sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156907316 Definition: This showed the Anger America felt towards England's unfair taxes.
Question: Where did this phrase originate from?
Picture Citation: US Registration plate as seen in 2008 in Washington D.C. 2008. ]]> 2017-03-01 01:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156907316 The Boston Tea Party sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156922184 Definition: Some Colonists disguised as Native Americans then destroy an entire shipment of tea.
Question: Was tea rare in that time, if not why was it so valuable?
Picture Citation: Cornischong . Boston Tea Party  Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

]]> 2017-03-01 04:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156922184 Intolerable Acts sn356544 https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156922835 Definition: The American name for some unfair laws passed by England after the Boston Tea Party.
Question: What are some examples of these, how did they affect the life of the average American at that time?
Picture Citation: RapeBoston. 2006. ]]> 2017-03-01 04:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sn356544/fdr2mxqml7lw/wish/156922835