https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd en-us 2018-11-05 18:22:13 UTC 2018-11-08 22:58:47 UTC hello@padlet.com layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/300645230 Gorge Washington was a member of the first. He was then chosen to lead the Continental Army. He was the president of the Continental Convention and of course became the United States. In all these leadership positions, he showed a steadfastness of purpose and helped create the precedents and foundations that would form America. ]]> 2018-11-05 18:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/300645230 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302347967 John Adams was, along with Thomas Jefferson , one of the only two signers of the Declaration of Independence later to become president. He was an erudite lawyer from Massachusetts and an ardent supporter of the Revolution, serving on the drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence, where he offered a few subtle but important changes to Jefferson's draft. Adams was also one of the negotiators who drafted the Treaty of Paris in 1783 to the end of the Revolutionary war.]]> 2018-11-08 21:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302347967 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302351482 Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of Treasury of the United States. He earned George Washington's respect during the unsuccessful defense of New York City during the Revolutionary War, and subsequently served on Washington's staff until 1781.  ]]> 2018-11-08 21:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302351482 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302352795 Samuel Adams, was a true Revolutionary. He was one of Liberty. His leadership helped organized the Boston Tea Party. He was a delegate to both the First and Second Continental Congresses and fought for the Declaration of Independence. He also helped draft the Articles of Confederation. He helped write the Massachusetts constitution and became its governor]]> 2018-11-08 22:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302352795 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302355969 John Hancock was one of the preeminent Founding fathers a president of the Continental congress and later governor of Massachusetts. Hancock's substantial wealth afforded him a great deal of independence, allowing him to pursue an education and gain prominent status in Boston as a leader of colonial resistance to Parliamentary Policy.  ]]> 2018-11-08 22:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302355969 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302358151 James Madison was known as the father of the constitution, for he was responsible for writing much of it. Further with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, he was one of the Federalist Papers that helped persuade the states to accept the new constitution. He was responsible for drafting the Bill of rights that were added to the Constitution in 1791. He helped organize the new Government and later became the fourth of the United States. ]]> 2018-11-08 22:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302358151 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302359523 Thomas Jefferson is considered one of the founding fathers of the United States of America for the central role he played in drafting the Declaration of Independence. During the American Revolution, Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia and after the war, he was appointed  minister to France. He also served as the nation's first secretary of state its second vice Vice president and its third president ]]> 2018-11-08 22:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302359523 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302361231 When the French began to build roads in the Ohio River Valley, twenty- one year old Major George Washington departs from WilliamsBurg, Virginia for the Ohio Valley.  ]]> 2018-11-08 22:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302361231 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302363144 William Pitt named British secretary of state. He will commit the British government to the allocation of whatever resources are necessary defeat the French in America and on the European continent.  ]]> 2018-11-08 22:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302363144 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302364885 General James Wolfe lands a force of British troops above Quebec and attacks the city across the plains of the Abraham.]]> 2018-11-08 22:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302364885 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302365502 Governor- General Vaudreuil of New France surrenders Montreal the last French stronghold in North America, without firing a shot when a British army of 17,500.]]> 2018-11-08 22:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302365502 layla_strong_23 https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302366260 1763: The Treaty of Paris
is ratified, ending the French and Indian War. Signed on 3 November 1762, the treaty's ratification has been delayed by critics, including William Pitt]]> 2018-11-08 22:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/layla_strong_23/u5tztkzaqwhd/wish/302366260