https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8 Who is in the painting? (John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin - the American delegation) Speculate as to why the British delegation refused to sit for the painting. en-us 2016-03-02 21:16:07 UTC 2017-01-05 15:37:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/sticky.jpg 2039738 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145503946 The man in the middle of the painting is Ben Franklin. I think that the British refused to sit for the painting because of the fact that they might have been ashamed of their loss. They could be angry because anyone who gets 2nd place in something generally isn't in the best mood. The blank area might of been where they where sitting.  ]]> 2017-01-05 15:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145503946 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145503949 The British wanted nothing to do with the Americans they saw them as people who had nothing better to do than to fight over small things that the British needed. The British saw them as brutes and didn't like them at all and they might be a bit sour after all the fighting]]> 2017-01-05 15:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145503949 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145503963 Because they are separated and were possibly angry at the others. also did not like what the painting is about. Also because they just wanted to . ]]> 2017-01-05 15:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145503963 2046498 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504079 I think they refused because they lost the war]]> 2017-01-05 15:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504079 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504125 The British delegation would have refused to sit because they would have not agreed to have them in painting.]]> 2017-01-05 15:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504125 3009630 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504147 Because they have separated and they are still angry]]> 2017-01-05 15:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504147 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504168 I think they refused because they lost the war]]> 2017-01-05 15:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504168 3014576 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504294 The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they were probably sheepish about their loss to the colonies and they probably weren't to fond of the Americans because of their win.]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504294 3007110 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504340 The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they were angry they had to give in to the American colonists and were being really ill-mannered.]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504340 3015559 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504378 I think that British refused to sit for the painting because they just did not want to be painted and didnt agree with the painting.]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504378 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504406 The British refused to sit for the painting because they might be impatient and they probably were still kind of mad at the colonists even though it was after the war]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504406 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504412 Maybe because they were a little bit mad...? And they held a grudge. ]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504412 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504413 The painting was not completed because the British were furious with the colonists.]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504413 3006651 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504473 I think that the British didn't want to sit for the painting because maybe they didn't agree with what the painting was portraying. ]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504473 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504478 The British probably did not want to be anywhere near the Americans, they most likely did not agree with what the painting was supposed to mean.]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504478 2051487 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504626 Maybe they did not agree with the concept of the painting and they do not agree with what the meaning of the painting was. ]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504626 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504652 I think that they refused because they had other important things to do at that time or something happened that they didn't expect to happen, so they couldn't finish.]]> 2017-01-05 15:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504652 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504679 The British delegation most likely refused to sit for the painting because even though the war was over the British were probably still angry with the colonists for rebelling and destroying the British reputation.]]> 2017-01-05 15:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504679 2040735 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504737 I think that they refused because they thought that if they didn't sit it would leave a message that they are capable of doing whatever they want]]> 2017-01-05 15:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504737 Rushi https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504878 The people in the painting are the colonists and British. The British delegation refused to sit for the painting because they didn't want to be embarrassed for their defeat to the colonies and were angry that their army lost to the colonial army.]]> 2017-01-05 15:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145504878 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145505588 The British delegation probably refused to sit for the painting because they were angry at the colonists.]]> 2017-01-05 15:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145505588 2040437 https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145506458 I think they refused to sit for the painting because they didn't want to be anywhere near the Americans. They want to didn't want to be embarrassed for their defeat to the colonies. ]]> 2017-01-05 15:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/angela_smith1/q50lw19ilrk8/wish/145506458