https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu C-4 GH en-us 2021-12-16 11:11:56 UTC 2023-03-09 08:41:07 UTC hello@padlet.com adrianaugarte https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu/wish/1951479694 The main causes of this war were: 
-The war of the 7 years (1756-1763), in which the north american colonists fought againts the frech possessions in Canada and Louisiana. 
-The imposition of Great Britain of taxes on the imports of some products so that colonists would cover the expenses caused by the war. 
-The Boston Massacre, that in 1770 it finished with the murder of some colonists by British troops. The colonists who were shot demanded the elimination of the new taxes. 
-The closure of the harbour of Boston and the prohibition of the right of assembly decreed by the British in 1773.
-The denial of the British government to accept the argument of the colonists that it wasn't fair to impose new taxes on them as they hadn't representatives in the Parlament of London. ]]> 2021-12-16 11:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu/wish/1951479694 adrianaugarte https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu/wish/1951480833 Some of the historical events of the American Revolution:
-The stamp act (1765): An act that said the colonists had to buy a stamp for every paper good they bought. This was Britain's way of trying to pay for the war debt they inccured from helping the colonists win the French and Indian War.
-Townshend act (1767): An act created by Charles  Townshend that placed a tax on tea, glass, paper, paint and lead.
-The Boston Massacre (1770) : A fight between colonists and British troops that resulted in British troops opening fire and killing 5 colonists in Boston.
-The Boston tea party (1773): The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.]]> 2021-12-16 11:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu/wish/1951480833 adrianaugarte https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu/wish/1951483172 The main consequences of this was were:
-The Great Britain weakness, after the loss it's North American colonies. They reoriented the geographical bases of it's colonial empire towards Asia, Africa and Oceania. 
-The sanction of the United States Constitucion of 1787, which stablished the republican, representative and federal form of goverment, and the creation of three independent powers: executive, legistative and judicial.
-The consecration of elementary rights, inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment: expression freedom, of press and assembly. 
-The beginning of a process of economic development that made possible the creation of a powerful internal market and territorial expansion towards the west, in search of raw materials to feed the incipient industrial development.
-The incidence of the Independence of the United States in the unleashing of the French Revolution. 
-The influence that the United States had on the Spanish American colonies. ]]> 2021-12-16 11:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu/wish/1951483172 adrianaugarte https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu/wish/1951484064 Some of the main characters of this war were:
George Washington of Virginia, John and Samuel Adams of Massachusetts, Patrick Henry of Virginia and John Jay of New York who they met in Philadelphia in the year 1774 to give voice to their grievances against the British crown. 

Paul Revere and other riders were the ones that sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoats. ]]> 2021-12-16 11:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/adrianaugarte/ue9ubcqlc5p1l2iu/wish/1951484064