https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2016-09-02 14:46:06 UTC 2016-09-07 00:59:35 UTC hello@padlet.com 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121340049 2016-09-02 14:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121340049 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121340552 In Lexington, where the 700 soldiers first fought against the patriots, the first shot was fired, and the second time they met in Concord. ]]> 2016-09-02 14:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121340552 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341224 The British forced Americans to buy their tea which was cheaper than smuggled tea but also raised British tax dollars.]]> 2016-09-02 14:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341224 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341337 The British took lands east of Mississippi and Florida and also claimed the American Colonies. The French at this time were giving up all their territories to stop any military threats to the British.]]> 2016-09-02 14:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341337 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341452 In Massachusetts, the Americans lost to the British led by British General William Howe. ]]> 2016-09-02 14:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341452 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341497 This treaty ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American Independence. It also established boundaries of the United States.]]> 2016-09-02 14:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341497 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341897 Twelve of the thirteen colonies' delegates came together to talk about the right actions against the British; most wanted political compromise but some wanted rebellion.]]> 2016-09-02 14:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121341897 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121342029 These laws served as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party that closed the Boston Harbor, prohibited town meetings, enforced new Quartering Acts, and moved trials of capital crimes to Britain. ]]> 2016-09-02 14:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121342029 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121342091 George Washington was appointed leader of the continental army and led them to fight the British. Fights with the British broke out, and the revolution was unavoidable.]]> 2016-09-02 14:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121342091 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121342419 Patriots started to become violent towards the British soldiers, and they began to fire at the protesters which killed 5 people. ]]> 2016-09-02 14:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121342419 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121630486 It was a competition between the French and British over the control of American territories, specifically those located in the Ohio River Valley. ]]> 2016-09-05 20:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121630486 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121630529 It prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians in the Ohio River Valley without British permission. The goal was to decrease conflict between the Native Americans and the colonists.]]> 2016-09-05 20:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121630529 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631020 Chief Pontiac desired a return to tradition with no relations with the British, so the Ottawa attacked and took British forts. The British were able to defeat the tribes because of blankets contaminated with smallpox.]]> 2016-09-05 20:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631020 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631114 A British tax on paper products issued in order to defend and protect the American frontier.]]> 2016-09-05 20:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631114 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631225 An act of rebellion by the colonists and the Sons of Liberty through boycotts of tea.]]> 2016-09-05 20:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631225 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631343 This document addressed American independence from England. It combined ideas from John Locke; it defined government based on agreement from the citizens.]]> 2016-09-05 20:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631343 073095 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631446 General George Washington hiked across the Delaware River and defeated the powerful Hessian troops. ]]> 2016-09-05 20:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121631446 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121632905 Boston and New York placed a tax on paper, glass, tea and other products, this led to many more boycotts. New York started merchants boycotts on British imports.]]> 2016-09-05 21:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121632905 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121633200 British General Burgoyne defeated American forces led by Gates and Benedict Arnold. The British attacked again but were weaker; Burgoyne lost and retreated.]]> 2016-09-05 21:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121633200 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121633278 Meeting of Representatives from American Colonies, to create a protest against the new British taxation, "No taxation without representation." ]]> 2016-09-05 21:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121633278 071237 https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121635890 A plan to bring together the thirteen colonies by creating a more centralized government, but only 7 of the colonies joined this plan they had.]]> 2016-09-05 21:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/071237/jdw88jd8f9ps/wish/121635890