https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b Events leading up to the war en-us 2022-03-16 17:54:20 UTC 2022-04-11 17:42:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098567641 The British fought against the French and the natives allies over land in Ohio River Valley. The Treaty of Paris ended the war.]]> 2022-03-16 17:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098567641 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098569503 This is the document signed the British and French leaders that ended the war.]]> 2022-03-16 17:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098569503 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098572082 The king issued the Proclamation to stop the colonists from going west Appalachian Mountains. This angered the colonists.]]> 2022-03-16 18:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098572082 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098575299 British government taxed every piece of printed paper that colonist used. This included legal documents, newspapers, licenses, and even playing cards.]]> 2022-03-16 18:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098575299 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098578759 A group of colonial men who protested the unjust taxes of the British. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Benedict Arnold, Joseph Warren.]]> 2022-03-16 18:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098578759 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098581300 England taxed glass, lead, tea and paper. It was repealed in 1770 on everything except tea.]]> 2022-03-16 18:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098581300 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098585716 On March 5 1770, the colonists were protesting in front of the Custom House. Soldiers were defending the House. During the protest, British fired shots into the crowd killing 5 people.]]> 2022-03-16 18:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098585716 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098588353 Sons of Liberty, protested the Tea Tax by dumping crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.]]> 2022-03-16 18:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098588353 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098592416 The Intolerable Acts shut down Boston Harbor, shut down the economy, said colonists had to quarter soldiers, and placed Massachusetts under martial law.]]> 2022-03-16 18:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2098592416 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2102313381 Members of each colony meet together and they sent a document to Britain, to try to work out their differences to take back or repeal The Intolerable Acts.]]> 2022-03-18 17:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2102313381 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2117695592 British wanted to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock and take him at Lexington and take ammo from Concord. Patriot militas held off the British and won the first official battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is called "The Shot Around The World". ]]> 2022-03-28 17:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2117695592 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2117714345 Second in the American Revolutionary War British victory over the Patriots. British won because the Patriots ran out of ammunition, so the British won the second battle of The Revolutionary War.]]> 2022-03-28 17:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2117714345 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2124031377 Delegates met again this time, they decided to create a Continental Army. They made George Washington the commander in chief of the army. They voted to print their own money. This congress made the government of the colonies, they wrote the Olive Branch Petition, which formally request peace from England.]]> 2022-03-31 17:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2124031377 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2124056242 A document written by Thomas Jefferson. It officially declared the colonies' independence for freedom from England.]]> 2022-03-31 17:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2124056242 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129136634 George Washington and the troops took control of Boston, and the British left the city.]]> 2022-04-04 17:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129136634 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129144249 General William Howe led the British to take over New York from George Washington and the Patriots.]]> 2022-04-04 17:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129144249 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129164057 Patriot spy Nathan Hale a teacher and a spy for the Patriots to death penalty and was executed. Quote: I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country, he died in the Winter of 1776 for death penalty.]]> 2022-04-04 17:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129164057 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129176434 George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River in a surprise attack at Trenton NJ. They defeated the Hessians for a victory.]]> 2022-04-04 17:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129176434 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129186001 Known as the turning point in the war, a victory for the Patriots, the British surrendered to the Americans during this battle. ]]> 2022-04-04 17:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2129186001 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2133088954 Patriots Morale was very low they had suffered defeat and had to withdraw that were very low on supplies like clothing, and food, winter was brutal. Washington kept a detailed journal of this time and wrote many letters to congress, begging for supplies for his troops.]]> 2022-04-06 17:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2133088954 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2133126443 Benjamin Franklin helped to convince the French to support the American colonies as an ally. They loaned money, sent weapons, ammunition, uniforms, supplies, and also troops and ships. The Dutch also became an ally and also sent ammunition. ]]> 2022-04-06 17:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2133126443 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2139565336 The Battle of Yorktown, lasted 3 weeks. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in a penisula near Yorktown. French and The Patriots trapped the British they had no where to go, and they got trapped cause they had no where to go French and the Patriots, had a good strategy.]]> 2022-04-11 17:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2139565336 stevenskasey https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2139577403 Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Lay, and British officials neogatiated the Treaty of Paris a peace treaty. This was the last main event in the American Revolutionary War.]]> 2022-04-11 17:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenskasey/qvld13fp30gz68b/wish/2139577403