https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0 made with a warm hug en-us 2018-09-04 13:54:41 UTC 2018-09-10 13:44:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/277553572 so, before all these tariffs showed up and all the colonists freaked out, there was a policy called SALUTARY NEGLECT.  but then, after the french and  indian war, there was a whole lot of debt to make up; 1/3 of britain's total budget. so they thought they would be sneaky and put the STAMP ACT in place.]]> 2018-09-04 13:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/277553572 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278384238 this meant that britain didn't really regulate taxes on the colonies and were pretty lax on trade and such]]> 2018-09-06 12:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278384238 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278385156 passed in 1765, the stamp act required stamps to be bought for every paper item, including newspapers, books, legal documents, playing cards, and dice. this taxed literally everyone, so everyone got pretty mad.]]> 2018-09-06 12:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278385156 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278389680 the name of this war is MISLEADING. you would think it was a war between the french and the natives? nope. it was a war between france and england/the colonies. the natives in the colonies were sick of the colonists, so they helped france out in the war, and won.]]> 2018-09-06 13:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278389680 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278391163 george washington was sent to go talk the opposing side down, and was told NOT to fire shots. but, what he did was, he fired shots, realized what he did, and had his men make a makeshift fort, named fort necessity. it looked like this: ]]> 2018-09-06 13:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278391163 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278393886 2018-09-06 13:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278393886 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278394651 they lost.]]> 2018-09-06 13:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278394651 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278395415 the war forced britain to crack down on smuggling. they tried colonists in admiralty courts, which took away their right to a trial by jury of their peers.]]> 2018-09-06 13:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278395415 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278396681 this is where the money issues come in; the war created crazy amounts of debt for britain; the war cost them $106,729,000. this is also where the STAMP ACT comes in.]]> 2018-09-06 13:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278396681 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278400934 this became the war cry of the colonists, who believed that only local assemblies should be able to tax them.]]> 2018-09-06 13:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278400934 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278402804 the stamp act was the first direct tax on the colonists that made money for england. they also used this money to keep a standing army in the new world.]]> 2018-09-06 13:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278402804 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278403787 almost every single one of the 13 colonies sent a representative to congress to protest the stamp act.]]> 2018-09-06 13:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278403787 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278404860 they were groups formed to protest the stamp act. the daughters of liberty was later formed as a sister organization. the sons of liberty enforced boycotts and planned protests. in the newspapers, they trashed parliament. and eventually, in 1766, britain repeals the stamp act.]]> 2018-09-06 13:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278404860 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278406624 in 1967, britain placed "duties" (a fancy word for taxes) on glass, lead, tea, paper, and paints. it made everyone SO MAD that it was repealed eventually in 1770, except for the tax on tea.]]> 2018-09-06 13:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278406624 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278407789 ok, just to start off with, 
"massacre" is a strong word. 5 people died. a squad of english soldiers came to help a guard being harassed by crowds. they killed 5 men. the soldiers were put on trial, but acquitted. their lawyer was john adams, which i find hard to believe, because literally no one likes john adams. this forced england to take troops out of boston, and repeal the townshend act.]]> 2018-09-06 13:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278407789 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278410421 this was not a tax. it gave the british east india company the power and the right to hold a monopoly and sell tea in the colonies.]]> 2018-09-06 13:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278410421 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278411690 in protest of the tea act, a bunch of colonists joined together, stole a LOT of tea, dressed up as native americans, because that makes you unrecognizable, right? they dump all the stolen tea into the ocean, over $1 million worth.]]> 2018-09-06 13:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278411690 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278412813 in response to the boston tea party, parliament gets really mad and closed the boston harbor. this act also allowed british troops to go annoy people in their houses and stay with them.]]> 2018-09-06 13:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278412813 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278413882 in response to the intolerable acts, the colonies form the first continental congress. they voted to boycott all taxes and british goods, and export nothing to england.]]> 2018-09-06 13:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/278413882 leocan513 https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/279394187 war broke out between colonists and the english military in april of 1775. the second continental congress was called in 1776, where they decided to officially declare total independence from britain, aka the declaration of independence. the second continental congress serves as the government for the 13 colonies for the rest of the war. ]]> 2018-09-10 13:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/leocan513/hu61wyrl4yj0/wish/279394187