https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p American revolution project en-us 2018-02-12 16:21:07 UTC 2025-09-29 12:38:16 UTC hello@padlet.com kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230673919 General George Washington was a war general for the colonists during the Revolutionary War. Before he fought for the colonies, he was a British Commander. He won the Revolutionary War by using guerrilla warfare. ]]> 2018-02-12 16:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230673919 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230677162 Paul Revere was an extreme American nationalist. He is known for his "midnight ride" where he warned the colonists that the British were coming. Paul Revere was responsible for the drawing of the "Boston Massacre" that was spread around the colonies causing anger.]]> 2018-02-12 16:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230677162 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230704602 John Adams assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence. He attended the first and second Continental Congress. After the war, he helped negotiate a peace treaty with Britain. ]]> 2018-02-12 17:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230704602 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230707743 John Hancock was the president of the second Continental Congress. He lead a committee after the Boston Massacre demanding the removal of British troops from the colonies. John Hancock was at the meeting right before the Boston Tea Party where he told the crowd "Let every man do what is right in his own eyes." He did not participate in the Boston Tea Party but he approved of it. He is also well known for his big, fancy signature on the Declaration of Independence.  ]]> 2018-02-12 17:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230707743 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230715549 Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. He represented Virginia at the first and second Continental Congress. He was inspired by the enlightenment ideals of Locke and Montesquieu. He is the creator of the phrase "all men are created equal."]]> 2018-02-12 17:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230715549 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230721063 Benjamin Franklin became popular in America after made an effort to repeal the Stamp Act. He was part of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. He also helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris that ended the war. ]]> 2018-02-12 17:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230721063 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230824415 Thomas Paine is known mostly for his pamphlet "Common Sense" that challenged the rule of the American colonies by the King of England. He also wrote a pro revolution pamphlet series called "The American Crisis." Loyalist attacked his "Common Sense" with their own pamphlet, titled "Plain Truth." ]]> 2018-02-12 20:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230824415 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230827594 King George III was the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution. He was known for periods of madness, or mental instability. He lost rule over the American colonies after losing the Revolutionary War. ]]> 2018-02-12 20:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230827594 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230829834 Lord Cornwallis was the leader of the loyalist army. He had his troops fighting a "gentleman's war" even after General George Washington turned to guerrilla warfare. This ultimately lead to his defeat. He was captured at the Siege of Yorktown, where he surrendered. ]]> 2018-02-12 20:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230829834 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230833354 The Stamp Act was a direct tax on all printed materials made in the colonies. This tax was imposed after the Seven Years War, that left England in debt.The Stamp Act was one of the many things that fueled the American Revolution. ]]> 2018-02-12 21:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230833354 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230835309 The Sugar Act was a tax on molasses and anything else with sugar in it. England used this tax to raise revenue after the Seven Years War. The sugar act was protested in the colonies. This also fueled the American Revolution.]]> 2018-02-12 21:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230835309 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230840645 1773 British law that allowed the British East India Company to ship their goods directly to the colonies and sell their tea at a bargain price. This made the British East India Company a monopoly. The Tea Act eventually lead to the Boston Tea Party where colonists boarded ships dressed up as Native Americans and threw all the tea overboard.]]> 2018-02-12 21:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230840645 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230846769 A Proclamation issued by King George III stating that the colonists can't settle past the Appalachian Mountains. The King used this to maintain a good relationship with the Natives after the French and Indian War. It is also speculated that this was used by the British to exert control over the colonists. Neither of these things worked very well. ]]> 2018-02-12 21:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230846769 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230848350 Delegates from the Colonies, not including Georgia, met up in Philadelphia to discuss resistance against the British. Georgia wasn't included because it was fighting a Native American uprising and depended on the British for Military supplies. The Congress passed the Articles of Association, which told the colonists to stop importing goods from Britain. ]]> 2018-02-12 21:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230848350 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230851807 A convention of delegates from the 13 Colonies after the 1st Continental Congress. They managed the war effort and George Washington was made general of the Continental army. They still wanted peace with England and offered a truce but that didn't work out.  ]]> 2018-02-12 22:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230851807 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230862171 The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 as a result of the 2nd Continental Congress. It was a document declaring the colonies independence from Britain. Thomas Jefferson composed the original draft of this document. ]]> 2018-02-12 23:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230862171 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230862933 The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence. It also stated that America and England would be permanent allies.  ]]> 2018-02-12 23:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230862933 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230864048 A war between England and France that took place in North America. It was caused by fallout from the 30 Years War. Colonists were drafted to fight for England, who fought for land they would never even own]]> 2018-02-12 23:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230864048 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230864883 British soldiers were left behind in America after the war by order of the King to monitor the colonists. The colonists didn't like this so a group of colonists mobbed a group of soldiers, resulting in 5 colonists deaths. Paul Revere stretched the truth saying the colonists were attacked, in hopes of starting a war.]]> 2018-02-12 23:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230864883 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230865487 Colonists dressed as Natives boarded ships sent by the British East India Company and threw everything overboard into the Boston Harbor. The ships Contained mostly tea. They were dressed as Natives to mock the British in a reference to the French and Indian War. This was to protest the high tea taxes.]]> 2018-02-12 23:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230865487 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230866283 Nicknamed "The Shot Heard Around the World," this was the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War. It happened 6 months after the 1st Continental Congress, which told them to wait a year before violence. England thought they would sneak up on the colonists and destroy their troops and supplies, but the colonists were warned. ]]> 2018-02-12 23:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230866283 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230867141 This battle was an American victory and the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The Americans used guerrilla warfare to win the battle. This was their first major victory and it boosted American moral]]> 2018-02-12 23:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230867141 kt08719 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230867602 The last battle of the Revolutionary War. The colonists won this battle with the help of the French Navy. George Washington held Cornwallis captive until the British agreed to surrender. This resulted in the Treaty of Paris, and the end of the war.]]> 2018-02-12 23:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/230867602 https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/2510616178 The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought at Bred's Hill but bunker hill was more supportable in being a higher and stepper hill. But the Americans killed 200 British and wounded 800. On the other hand the British killed 100 Americans and wounded only 300 Americans so in total lots more British men died.]]> 2023-03-09 17:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kt08719/lj2dq2d6j66p/wish/2510616178