https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28 Please discuss why the colonies were taxed so heavily. Also, explain the reaction to those taxes, and how these events lead to the Revolution. en-us 2016-12-05 23:44:52 UTC 2016-12-06 16:21:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecoffee.png 22aipenvanzeilen https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141979679 The colonies were taxed on almost everything, paper, paint, molasses, legal documents, etc. The British stated that the reason for these taxes was to have British soldiers stationed in the American Colonies in order to protect the colonists from Native American attacks. The colonists did however boycott some of these goods and got taxes repealed, but tea tax stayed firm. ]]> 2016-12-06 12:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141979679 22smichalowski https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141979826  The Colonies were taxed so that Britain could get all the money, because it is the mother country. The Colonies reacted badly to these taxes and started to rebel. They threw the tea off the boat, and then these events led to the revolution.]]> 2016-12-06 12:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141979826 22kanstett https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141979989 The colonies taxed almost everything including molasses, paper, documents, tea, and many other things. The colonists were not happy. They taxed everything because they needed money to recover from the French and Indian War. The colonists weren't happy because they didn't have a lot of money to pay all these taxes. The British also thought that they had the right to tax the colonies.]]> 2016-12-06 12:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141979989 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980061 The colonists were taxed so heavily because when the British were in debt, the colonists were taxed on everything. This caused the Boston tea party which was to drop taxes and put taxed tea in the harbor and cause a rebellion ]]> 2016-12-06 12:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980061 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980129 The colonies were taxed so heavily because the British parliament and the king thought they had the right to tax them. Also they were taxed because they wanted them to pay for their war debts and for the destruction of the French and Indian war. They reacted to the taxes by boycotting their goods. These acts eventually lead to the acts of revolution. 
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]]> 2016-12-06 12:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980129 22jconsadine https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980235 The colonies were taxes so heavily because England needed to get out of debt. The colonies reacted to this by dumping tea in to the river (Boston Tea Party)]]> 2016-12-06 12:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980235 22jmorris https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980387 The colonists were taxed so heavily because their English was loosing a lot of money so to get money that would just tax them. How the colonists reacted was they boycotted.]]> 2016-12-06 12:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980387 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980415 They had tax on a lot of things. This is because they needed money to recover from the French and  Indian war.

]]> 2016-12-06 12:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980415 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980425 The colonies were taxed so heavily because of the mother country. The mother country was in debt from the previous war so they needed some extra money to get out of debt. The colonists often protested to the many taxes that Great Britain head created.]]> 2016-12-06 12:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980425 22istaertow https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980470 The colonists were heavily taxed on everything thus starting the revolution]]> 2016-12-06 12:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980470 22mharter https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980490 The colonists were taxed so heavily because due to England being in debt, England decided to tax the colonists to earn the money back.Some things that were taxed was things like tea, glass, and lead paints. The colonists were not happy. Some of the events that lead to the American Revolution was the tea act when som people dressed as native Americans and threw tea into a lake which was a major kickstart into the war.]]> 2016-12-06 12:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980490 22ssmall https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980491 The colonies were taxed so heavily because they needed money to pay for their war debts. ]]> 2016-12-06 12:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980491 22efortuna https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980582 When Great Britain first realeased the stamp act Most people in the colonies got mad, but some people didn't care because it was go to keeping the British soldiers in the colonies for protection.]]> 2016-12-06 12:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980582 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980717 taxs was so heavy because the britts had put taxs on everything so they could gain more money.]]> 2016-12-06 12:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980717 22bmoran https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980762 The colonists were taxed so much so that the British could pay the damage done after the French and Indian War]]> 2016-12-06 12:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980762 22wsalamone https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980775 Tax were put on many imported goods like glass, lead, paints, and tea. The British needed this money because they lost money from the war. The colonists were not very happy about this they thought they were abusing their power to tax them.]]> 2016-12-06 12:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980775 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980815 All these acts were almost like punishments for the rebellious acts that the colonist did.]]> 2016-12-06 12:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980815 22istaertow https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980824 The colonists also had to have a stamp on every document. And they weren't cheap! So the colonists got mad and also contributed to the revolution because. ]]> 2016-12-06 12:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980824 22mmascadri1 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980925 The tax on tea started the others to get angry and that was the start to revolution 

]]> 2016-12-06 12:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141980925 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141981007 People had to quarter the red coats which means they had to let them stay in their houses and they had to feed them.

-Carbone]]> 2016-12-06 12:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141981007 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141981203 Where the British punished the colonists who ]]> 2016-12-06 12:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/141981203 jroman1 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/142062518 2016-12-06 16:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/142062518 jroman1 https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/142063290 2016-12-06 16:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jroman1/nx34l8219k28/wish/142063290