https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i Made By: Aidan Payne-Kraus en-us 2017-01-19 17:47:15 UTC 2025-12-05 00:53:03 UTC hello@padlet.com 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149394526 1775
Lexington and Concord were the first military battles of the Revolutionary war. These battle helped Washington realize that the Americans needed legit army where soldiers enlisted for several years. They also were the very beginning of our fight for freedom.]]> 2017-01-25 17:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149394526 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149394922 1774
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve out of the Thirteen Colonies. The whole point was to make some major decisions. One was to boycott all British goods. Another was to appoint  Gorge Washington to commander of American defense in case of a British attack. The two sides were now on the verge of war.]]> 2017-01-25 17:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149394922 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149394998 1774
The Intolerable acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. They were in retaliation of the colonists' anger. Unfortunately for parliament this pushed the colonists over the edge.]]> 2017-01-25 17:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149394998 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395058 1770
The colonists were finally fighting back. They went aboard 3 ships in the harbor that were caring British tea, and tossed it overboard. Men were dressed as native Americans. Over 3 tons of tea was porn into the sea.]]> 2017-01-25 17:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395058 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395131 1770
The tea act was yet another tax on the colonists, but this time, they were forced to buy a certain kind of tea. Now they were extremely angry and decided to fight back.]]> 2017-01-25 17:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395131 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395201 The Boston massacre was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under intense attack by a mob. The colonists were angered everything that has happened so far and were close to their breaking point.]]> 2017-01-25 17:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395201 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395269 1767
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament. They were taxes on different items the colonists used every day and were very important to them. As you can imagine, the colonists grew ever more upset.]]> 2017-01-25 17:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395269 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395351 The Declaratory Act made it clear to the colonists that they were in complete power over them. This was a direct threat to the colonies and was not taken week by them. They were very angered once again]]> 2017-01-25 17:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395351 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395472 1765
This was the first gathering of elected officials in American history. The congress meeting was called to protest the Stamp Act and show that they disliked it. The delegates from 8 of the 13 colonies planned many protests. Unfortunately, the protests did not work.]]> 2017-01-25 17:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395472 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395669 Year: 1765
The Stamp Act was a tax imposed on all documents an important papers going in and out of the colonies. Without paying for the stamp to be put on your papers, they would be rendered useless even with a signature. This angered the colonists once again because they had no say and were forced to pay for something they did't even want in their colonies. ]]> 2017-01-25 17:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149395669 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149396093 1765
The Quartering Act forced colonists to pay for the accommodations of British soldiers in the colonies. This included housing, food, water and supplies.This obviously made the colonists very very angry. They now had to pay for the people enforcing the laws they hated, so they could live on the colonists own land and in their homes. ]]> 2017-01-25 17:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149396093 17aidanp https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149396193 The Proclamation of 1763 ended the French and Indian war. It made a border between French territory farther west and the eastern English colonies. This meant the colonists could not settle west where there was good soil. This angered the colonists. ]]> 2017-01-25 17:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/17aidanp/oj5p7fwoek8i/wish/149396193