https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m Made with panache en-us 2017-10-06 08:52:09 UTC 2025-12-20 03:47:51 UTC hello@padlet.com rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194596024 The American Revolution was the war that transformed America from a group of colonies under the control of the British throne to an independent self governing nation]]> 2017-10-06 08:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194596024 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194597973 Loyalists were colonists who remained loyal to Gret Britain during the American Revolution. About 1/3 of the people living jn British colonies were loyalists ]]> 2017-10-06 09:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194597973 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194598325 A blockade is an act of war. Ships, troops or aircraft may be used toto prevent people, supplies or other materials from entering or exiting the country ]]> 2017-10-06 09:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194598325 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194598604 A militia is a group of citizens who are given limited training to fight in thr military in case of an emergency]]> 2017-10-06 09:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194598604 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194598795 Boycotting means to protest unfair practices. The would refuse to buy, sell or trade goods]]> 2017-10-06 09:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194598795 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194599025 Minute Men is a term used for men who fought in the colonial militia and agreed to be ready at "a moments minute" warning]]> 2017-10-06 09:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194599025 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194599303 The Continental Army was a consistently outmanned and outgunned. Congress was unable to providefor the army's needs: food, shoes, guns, ammunition- just about everything an army needs to fight]]> 2017-10-06 09:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194599303 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194599826 Patriot is the term used to describe supporters of independence during the American Revolution ]]> 2017-10-06 09:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194599826 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194600042 The first Congress was called in 1764 to address colonial dissatisfaction with the way Britain was overseeing the colonies. The second one was called in 1775 because of fighting in Massachusetts ]]> 2017-10-06 09:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194600042 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194600382 Redcoats was the term that American colonists used furing the American Revolution to refer to the soldiers in the British army]]> 2017-10-06 09:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194600382 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194600579 Daughters of Liberty was the name used for groups of women who supported the boycotts and found or made substitutes for British goods]]> 2017-10-06 09:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194600579 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194600930 Sons of Liberty were groups of American colonists that formed in summer of 1775 to protest British tax pol]]> 2017-10-06 09:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194600930 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194601311 The Declaration and Resolves was a document issued in 1774 by the First Continental Congress, a meeting of representatives from 12 to 13 colonies]]> 2017-10-06 09:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194601311 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194601608 Tax is a required payment to the goverment at regular intervals]]> 2017-10-06 09:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194601608 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194601912 King George III was the king of Great Britain amd Ireland from 1760 to 1820. When the Declaration of independence was written, George didn't care. British officals were sent to collect taxes from the new world. In 1783, after the American Revolution, Britain surrended, giving the colonies independence]]> 2017-10-06 09:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194601912 rachel_nesbitt1 https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194602474 Treason is the crime of betraying one's country in a way that is dangerous to national security ]]> 2017-10-06 09:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_nesbitt1/ot9ylvoipf8m/wish/194602474