ol gov 1.1 by Maitri Patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e en-us 2018-09-03 15:49:22 UTC 2026-02-09 06:07:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Representative government maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277337739 government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government affairs ]]> 2018-09-03 16:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277337739 Reasons why the colonists declared independence from Great Britain maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338043 2018-09-03 17:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338043 French and Indian War maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338103 Britain was in heavy debt and thought that the colonists should be responsible for paying the debt. ]]> 2018-09-03 17:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338103 Taxing the Colonies maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338236 Britain's revenue from the colonies increased. The colonists were enraged because Britain was collecting heavier taxes. ]]> 2018-09-03 17:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338236 Boston Tea Party maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338361 Colonists dressed in Native American costumes dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor]]> 2018-09-03 17:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338361 Intolerable/Coercive Acts maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338597 -closed down the Boston Harbor 
-withdrew the right of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself ]]> 2018-09-03 17:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338597 What influenced the development of our government institutions maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338811 2018-09-03 17:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338811 English Bill of Rights maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338936 Colonists believed that they had the same rights that people living in Britain had but the king saw the colonists as having no rights ]]> 2018-09-03 17:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277338936 British Government maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277339095 The modern American government is heavily based upon British government. No one part of the government system has absolute control. ]]> 2018-09-03 17:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277339095 How the colonists declared independence from Great Britain maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277339589 2018-09-03 17:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277339589 Continental Congress maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277339614 First Congress: set an embargo and boycott on Great Britain
Second Congress: created a central government and made John Hancock the president of the Congress; appointed Washington as commander of the Continental army]]> 2018-09-03 17:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277339614 Declaration of Independence maitri_patel https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277340029 Document declaring official independence from Great Britain; signed by 56 delegates]]> 2018-09-03 17:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/maitri_patel/h8c7o5qgw86e/wish/277340029