https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3 en-us 2023-10-19 17:33:31 UTC 2023-10-23 00:57:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f346.png mdargento26_1_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2754990263 The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the Colonial government, which represented the British crown.
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. It led to the surrender of Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army. The Continental Army’s victory at Yorktown pushed the British government to negotiate an end to the War.

]]> 2023-10-19 17:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2754990263 mdargento26_1_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2755002810 Instead of sending more troops to North America, British delegates were sent to France to start a peace treaty with the US. Two years later, The Treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the War of the American Revolution. 
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the U.S., recognized American independence, and established borders for the new nation.

]]> 2023-10-19 17:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2755002810 mdargento26_1_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2755006998 African Americans played an important role in the Revolution. They fought at Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Bunker Hill. A slave helped row George Washington across the Delaware. Some slaves served as soldiers. Altogether, some 5,000 free blacks and slaves served in the Continental army during the Revolution. By 1778, many states, including Virginia, granted freedom to slaves who served in the Revolutionary war.]]> 2023-10-19 17:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2755006998 rgiraldo26_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756542943 The British Parliament was involved in making the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was an attempt by the British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice. It occurred in 1765. The Stamp Act was created to raise money for Britain to use for the army.]]> 2023-10-20 17:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756542943 rgiraldo26_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756544483 The British Parliament created the Townshend Acts. The Townshend Acts were made to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The Townshend Acts were passed in 1767.]]> 2023-10-20 17:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756544483 rgiraldo26_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756546457 The British Parliament created the Declaratory Act. The Declaratory Act allowed parliament to make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever." The Declaratory Act was passed in 1766. It was made to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in the colonies.]]> 2023-10-20 17:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756546457 rgiraldo26_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756549097 The British soldiers and Colonists took part in the Boston Massacre. The British soldiers guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally. It happened in 1770 and was located by the Boston Customs House in Boston. The Boston Massacre was the product of the increase of Redcoats in Boston.]]> 2023-10-20 17:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756549097 rgiraldo26_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756550055 The British Parliament created the Tea Act. It gave the East India Company a tax break on their tea, which made it cheaper than tea that was being smuggled into the colonies from other places. It was passed by British Parliament in 1773. The Tea Act was made to help the East India Company.]]> 2023-10-20 17:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756550055 rgiraldo26_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756551884 The American Colonists were involved in the Boston Tea Party. During the Boston Tea Party 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. It happened in 1773 in the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party happened as a result of “No taxation without representation.”]]> 2023-10-20 17:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756551884 mdargento26_1_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756555455 2023-10-20 17:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2756555455 mdargento26_1_1 https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2757860129 2023-10-22 17:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mdargento26_1_1/ikkf6q9503bbvyy3/wish/2757860129