https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2 American History 1 en-us 2016-10-04 17:19:55 UTC 2017-05-17 04:58:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png charizmamayes https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128276763 This event occurred on March 5, 1770. It was a clash between the civilians of Boston and the soldiers of Great Britain. Three people were killed instantly and two died later from their fatal injuries. The colonists grew angry due to the tyranny of British laws. ]]> 2016-10-04 17:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128276763 charizmamayes https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128287381 2016-10-04 18:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128287381 charizmamayes https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128291493 Born into slavery, but later on he managed to escape for good. It is unclear whether or not Attucks was the first person to fall the Boston Massacre. No one knows if he is of the African American or Native American ethnicity. Although, he was classified as a slave.]]> 2016-10-04 18:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128291493 charizmamayes https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128297784 Often remembered from the poem "The Midnight Ride" written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He brought news of Britain who was soon to invade the town of Lexington, Massachusetts.]]> 2016-10-04 18:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128297784 charizmamayes https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128577231 Staff, History.com. "The Boston Massacre." www.history.com. (2009). Web. 5 October 2016.]]> 2016-10-05 17:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128577231 charizmamayes https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128583071 The Townshend Acts are series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1767, establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Great Britain by British colonies in North America. Many Americans viewed this Act as a way to get power, eventually making British limit the importing of their goods.]]> 2016-10-05 17:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128583071 charizmamayes https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128585750 On April 27, 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act. It was a bill designed to reduce to amount of tea from East India Company to prevent them form bankruptcy. Colonists viewed the act as another taxation tyranny. This led up to the Boston Tea Party, the dumping of 18,000 pounds in the Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act. ]]> 2016-10-05 17:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/charizmamayes/hkgngemqfue2/wish/128585750