https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1 en-us 2018-02-12 12:59:07 UTC 2018-02-13 00:15:00 UTC hello@padlet.com nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230557458 - Reflected an imperialistic attitude of  both France and England
- Colonists were forced into the military service for England 
- England wins, but because the war had cost a lot of money, taxes needed to be payed for by the colonists
- Lead to the Proclamation of 1763]]> 2018-02-12 13:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230557458 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230560414  -It was hardly a massacre but it was portrayed that way to fan the anti-British flame into a full blown revolution
- Colonists were growing increasingly angry over the many taxes to pay for a war they didn't want
- A mob of colonists surrounded British troops and were taunting and throwing things
-The British commander was yelling to not fire but tensions caused a soldier to shoot and the rest followed
- This event fuels fire for independence and anger towards John Adams]]> 2018-02-12 13:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230560414 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230563279 - Group of colonists dressed as natives (as a slap in reference to the French and Indian War) and boarded East India ships
- They threw everything off board into the Boston Harbor 
- Most of the cargo was tea which was being sold to colonists at extreme prices and with an additional tax courtesy of the King of England
- This act was done to protest tax, and to remind the king who started all this ]]> 2018-02-12 13:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230563279 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230565766 - Convened in Philadelphia
- All 13 colonies except Georgia sent representatives to discuss the events and taxes, and whether or not independence was what they needed 
-All colonies agreed something needed to be done, but not all wanted wanted war 
*New England wanted seperation
*Middle was mixed
*South wanted to seek a resolution
*ALL wanted to make king and parliament understand their grievances
- Agreed to meet in one year if the grievances were not met by the king]]> 2018-02-12 13:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230565766 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230569452 - Prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, a region that was costly for the British to protect
- This region was where all the displaced Natives are pushed out by England  
- Issued by King George III, was meant to protect colonists from Indian rampages, and shield Native Americans from increasingly frequent attacks by white settlers]]> 2018-02-12 13:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230569452 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230573983 - A law in which British Parliament established a direct tax on all printed materials made in the colonies to prevent dissention from being printed in the colonies 
- Colonists thought the act was unconstitutional and they resorted into mob violence to intimidate stamp collectors into resigning 
- Parliament repealed the act in 1766, but issued a Declaratory Act at the same time to reaffirm its authority to pass any colonial legislation it saw first  ]]> 2018-02-12 13:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230573983 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230577509 - 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
- Lead to the Boston Tea Party
- The main purpose of this act was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key factor in the British Economy]]> 2018-02-12 13:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230577509 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230580718 - British law that taxes molasses and anything with sugar in it
- Modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733)
- Enforced tax on molasses caused an almost immediate decline in the rum industry in the colonies]]> 2018-02-12 13:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230580718 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230585496 - The first armed conflicts of the revolutionary war, and marks the beginning of the war
- 6 months after the 1st continental congress said to wait a year
- England thought they would "sneak" in and destroy the supplies of the colonists at Lexington and Concord, but the colonists were warned and ready
- Famous ride of Paul Revere, how the colonist knew they were coming]]> 2018-02-12 14:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230585496 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230588270 - Agreeance that the colonists must respond to military threat from Britain  
- Continental Army was created and General George Washington was given command
- STILL, wanted to find peace with England, and asked for a truce but George sent mercenaries instead to stop the civil unrest ]]> 2018-02-12 14:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230588270 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230824251 - Adopted on July 2nd, but wasn't signed until July 4th
- Declared once and for all that the colonies were free and independent states
- Written by Thomas Jefferson, and was signed by 56 delegates from the 13 colonies 
- Jefferson had attempted to end slavery but it was turned down 
- Set the idea of alienable rights (rights that cannot be dented to American citizens)
- BIGGEST ACT OF TREASON ]]> 2018-02-12 20:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230824251 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230841670 - Turning point in war 
- Americans figured out that you can't line up and shoot at the British on an open battlefield and went to guerilla warfare 
- First major American victory, and boosts American morale and belief in the war

]]> 2018-02-12 21:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230841670 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230843348 - Last Battle 
- This was the colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War
- The key to winning this battle was the French troops and naval reinforcements 
- Washington made a key decision and held Cornwallis captive until the British agreed to end the conflict by signing a surrender ]]> 2018-02-12 21:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230843348 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230844936 - England sent two delegates to Paris to negotiate a peace treaty but they refused to stay longer than necessary
- Terms were reached and the treaty was signed into effect
- This treaty recognized America as a free and independent country for the first time ever 
- Seal allied partnership between America and England 

]]> 2018-02-12 21:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230844936 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230852834 - Ascended the British Throne in 1760
- King during the French and Indian War, and led England's successful resistance to Revolutionary and Napoleonic France 
- Lost in the American Revolution ]]> 2018-02-12 22:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230852834 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230856012 - Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- George Washington was nominated by John Adams to serve as Commander-in-chief
- Believed that they were going to lose the war, but it changed at ththe Battle of Saratoga 
- Before this Washington had never commanded an army this large]]> 2018-02-12 22:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230856012 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230858905 - Surrendered to George Washington and his troops at the Battle of Yorktown
- He was held captive in America for 2 years before being sent back to England 
- Cornwallis was second in command to General Henry Clinton during the Revolutionary War 


]]> 2018-02-12 22:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230858905 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230861101 - Captured the moment the Boston Massacre 
- Informed the colonies that the British were coming after the battle at Lexington & Concord 
- Patriot leader and symbol of the American Revolution 

]]> 2018-02-12 23:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230861101 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230864410 - After the Boston Massacre, he defended the British Troops
- Member of the first and second continental congress
-Elected George Washington for Commander-in-Chief for the Continental Congress]]> 2018-02-12 23:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230864410 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230866671 - Signer of the Declaration of Independence, governor of Massachusetts
- President of the 2nd Continental Congress

]]> 2018-02-12 23:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230866671 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230867980 - Convinces George Mason to write the Virginia Declaration of Rights 
- Becomes the model for the Declaration of Independence and is also the reason congress asks him to write this pivotal document 
- Uses Locke and Paine in his writing to end colonial dependence from Great Britain ]]> 2018-02-12 23:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230867980 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230870167 - Served in the 2nd Continental Congress
- Helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776
- Negotiated the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War]]> 2018-02-13 00:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230870167 nadiaparras https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230871761 - Wrote a pamphlet, Common Sense, that challenged the rule of the American Colonies by the King of England
- He wrote Common Sense to let average Americans know what's going on with both wars 
- English born, migrates to America ]]> 2018-02-13 00:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nadiaparras/o6e961uiq2c1/wish/230871761