https://padlet.com/laila_chakrowf/m7apotpnqpqp By Laila Chakrowf en-us 2017-10-02 12:34:41 UTC 2023-02-15 00:38:57 UTC hello@padlet.com laila_chakrowf https://padlet.com/laila_chakrowf/m7apotpnqpqp/wish/192957998 Colonial America:
-Power struggles between the monarchy and Parliament (England’s law-making body) persisted for more than 400 years. 
-Both the Magna Carta and The English Bill of Rights were created in attemp to help this. 
-The colonists firmly believed in a representative government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government. This notion was familiar to the colonists because Britain’s Parliament was a representative assembly with the power to enact laws.
-During the time of the Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke used philosophy to help shake government.
-In 1639 colonists in Connecticut drew up America’s first formal constitution, or charter. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut gave the people the right to elect the governor, judges, and representatives to make laws. Soon after, other English colonies created their own charters with similar provisions. 
-By the mid-1700s, the legislative bodies of colonial government were dominant in political life. The rapidly growing colonies constantly needed new laws to cope with new circumstances.

]]> 2017-10-02 12:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/laila_chakrowf/m7apotpnqpqp/wish/192957998 laila_chakrowf https://padlet.com/laila_chakrowf/m7apotpnqpqp/wish/193033343 The colonies before:
-For more than a century, relations between the colonies and Great Britain were peaceful. The colonists developed their political institutions without much interference. The colonists were British subjects, and as with other parts of the British Empire, the colonies were supposed to serve as a source of raw materials and a market for British goods. In the eyes of the British crown, the American colonies existed for the economic benefit of Great Britain.

Problems arise:
After the French and Indian war, relations start to tighten. With George III taking the thrown, taxes are placed on the colonies and cause problems. He tries to clear debt of the war, but colonist aren't happy. Colonies unite and take action, forming over 80 committees.

The Revolutionary War:
-Colonists imposed an embargo, an agreement prohibiting trade, on Britain and agreed to boycott British goods. Shortly after, the first battle of the Revolutionary War took place.
-The Second Continental Congress served as the acting government of the colonies throughout the war. It purchased supplies, negotiated treaties, and rallied support for the colonists’ causes. They also chose John Hancock of Massachusetts as president.

Colonist claim thier independence:
-Thomas Paine, a British corset maker, advocated for independence and influenced many colonists with his pamphlet Common Sense. He argued that monarchy was a corrupt form of government and that George III was an enemy to liberty. 
-In June of 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.” The Congress approved Lee’s resolution on July 2 and the colonies officially broke with Great Britain.
-After Lee’s resolution, the Congress named a committee of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman to prepare a written declaration of independence.
-With the states no longer having a higher authority they developed their own form of authority and personal liberties.

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