Seeds of Future Independence by https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj By Tony, Natalie, and Izabelle en-us 2020-08-28 15:11:24 UTC 2026-03-15 16:42:26 UTC hello@padlet.com oteronv22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705396684 2020-08-28 16:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705396684 Long Term Causes of Revolution youngij22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705403219 2020-08-28 16:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705403219 oteronv22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705418259
  • The colonies themselves were named after places in England. (For example, Boston, Cambridge, Exeter, Portsmouth)
  • Still spoke English.
  • Governed by British laws.  The colonies had to obey the British Parliament.
  • Their governors and part of their local  legislative bodies were elected by the British.
    • ]]>     2020-08-28 16:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705418259     Growing Democracy in British North America valentinoag22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705427977 Eight out of the 13 colonies being New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, their governors were appointed by the king. MaryLand, Pennsylvania, and Delaware’s governors were appointed by the proprietors. Connecticut and Rhode Island were the only two colonies that elected the governor through elegible voters.]]> 2020-08-28 16:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705427977 Proclamation of 1763 youngij22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705428413 This proclamation occurred because the American colonists wanted to settle on land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi river. However, this land was not occupied by the British. Rather, this land was inhabited by an Indian tribe. Then, the British made a proclamation line which the colonists could inhabit to the west of.  This made the colonies angry and since the British country was in debt, they decided to make the colonists move to different land to prevent any future costs, infringing on the colonies’ right of movement.]]> 2020-08-28 16:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705428413 Enlightenment Ideas youngij22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705433736 Ideas of John Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and more made the American colonists realize their rights and power as a people. They started to ponder about the way Great Britain was treating them.]]> 2020-08-28 16:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705433736 WHY THIS MATTERS oteronv22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705435094 These seeds of future independence would lead to the American Revolution.  Democratic ideals, such as those begun in the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, would come to influence their future government.  When the colonies eventually came together to form the United States they would retain some influences from their English ancestry, but also use these democratic ideas to form a whole new type of government.]]> 2020-08-28 16:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705435094 valentinoag22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705445906 The 13 colonies all had a bicameral legislature consisting of a lower house -the assembly- made of eligible voters and the higher house -the council- made of legislatures appointed by the crown. ]]> 2020-08-28 16:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705445906 Britain Mercantilism Policies youngij22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705454900 The Navigation Act, a result of British mercantile policies, angered the colonists as it required that all trade between England and the colonies had to be carried on English ships, which in turn caused a large reduction of trade in the colonies and a loss of money. Britain also limited the colonies’ money they could earn.]]> 2020-08-28 16:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705454900 Great Awakening youngij22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705459280 The Great Awakening lead to a shared awareness of being “American” as it was an experience all colonists shared and thus unified the colonists. It lead to encouragement of national and individual rights which impacted the notion to split from Great Britain]]> 2020-08-28 16:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705459280 valentinoag22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705461194 The Great Awakening allowed all colonists to realize if they had the choice and ability to choose their religion to follow without having it determined by someone else that they should be able to choose their leader to. This led to a increase demand for democracy.]]> 2020-08-28 16:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705461194 oteronv22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705461271 2020-08-28 16:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/705461271 Works Cited oteronv22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/707284125
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    ]]>     2020-08-30 14:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/707284125     Growing Democracy youngij22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/707492595 2020-08-30 20:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/707492595 What Still Made them British? youngij22 https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/707499386 2020-08-30 20:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/youngij22/vlwfx12ghsv55djj/wish/707499386