https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb Events leading up to the American Revolution en-us 2022-01-27 16:55:21 UTC 2025-11-16 18:01:28 UTC hello@padlet.com primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2016339893 Second Continental Congress signs Declaration of Independence.]]> 2022-01-27 17:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2016339893 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2022033799 Britain's defeat of France leads to their power in America being at it's height. ]]> 2022-01-31 18:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2022033799 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2022045251 Britain places a tax on sugar and molasses, cutting America's profit from the triangular trade]]> 2022-01-31 19:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2022045251 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2022058166 The quartering act forced colonists to let British soldiers stay in their homes, and the Stamp Act made it so stamps had to be placed on all official documents, and the stamps had to be purchased from Britain.]]> 2022-01-31 19:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2022058166 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2022072091 The Townshend acts were taxes on imported goods. Americans boycotted British goods in protest.]]> 2022-01-31 19:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2022072091 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2023575138 Rioters got into a street fight with British soldiers. The soldiers fired, leading to the death of 5 colonists]]> 2022-02-01 15:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2023575138 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2023592896 Parliament believed that if they made the tax on tea cheaper than smuggled tea, colonists would buy it and acknowledge Britain's right to tax them. They were very wrong.]]> 2022-02-01 15:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2023592896 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2023602386 Colonists disguised as Native Americans and raided British ships, dumping all their tea into Boston Harbor.]]> 2022-02-01 15:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2023602386 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2025450539 Britain would pass several laws because of the Boston Tea Party.Examples including closing Boston Harbor and effectively turning the governor of Massachusetts into a dictator. ]]> 2022-02-02 14:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2025450539 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2025463420 The colonies voted to cut off trade with Britain unless they abolish the Intolerable Acts.]]> 2022-02-02 14:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2025463420 primexavier https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2025513313 Parliament declared Massachusetts in rebellion, and a fight over weapons happened in the towns of Lexington and Concord, leading to the official start of the war. ]]> 2022-02-02 14:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/primexavier/osihmdzrf64j47wb/wish/2025513313