https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh America has always risen to the top en-us 2017-03-21 15:13:27 UTC 2017-03-23 16:10:00 UTC hello@padlet.com kewljt https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh/wish/161538946 The citizens of the colonies were subjected to an oppressive ruling of a British king who lived thousands of miles away across an ocean. It was the will of the people to become independent and free of this rule and become their own great country.]]> 2017-03-21 15:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh/wish/161538946 kewljt https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh/wish/161545067 https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/important-events-in-american-history-from-1776-to-1886]]> 2017-03-21 15:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh/wish/161545067 kewljt https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh/wish/162180501 On this day, America was attacked by Muslim terrorists. The loss of life equated to almost three thousand deaths and a countless number of injuries. Many people on that morning were struck with fear. However, after the events Americans of every background, way of life, political view, banded together under one cause which was to help one another. We banded together to rebuild and comfort one another. ]]> 2017-03-23 15:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh/wish/162180501 kewljt https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh/wish/162184929 On New Years day 1863, Abraham Lincoln announced in his Emancipation Proclamation that slavery was no longer a way of American life. America was finally taking its first steps to becoming truly free for everybody. ]]> 2017-03-23 16:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kewljt/huj2btu4txh/wish/162184929