Mrs A American Revolution by Heather Abrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5 Post important names and dates from your intro article. Minimum of 10 posts required en-us 2015-09-30 18:07:17 UTC 2015-11-09 22:58:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/smiley.jpg French Indian war. 1763: caused Britian to have huge debt and wanted to recover this money from the colonies.  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79212980 2015-11-04 13:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79212980 Sugar Act 1764: tried to stop sugar smuggling and force colonies to pay sugar tax. Colonies grumbled but accepted.  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79213419 2015-11-04 13:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79213419 Stamp Act 1765: tax put on a wide variety of paper products. Colonies rebelled.  Sam Adams and others organize protests.  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79213942 2015-11-04 13:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79213942 Stamp act repealed 1766:  Colonists did not feel they were given the same rights that English citizens living in Britain were getting.  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79214867 2015-11-04 13:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79214867 Boston Massacre (1770) Boston Tea Party (1773):  ways the colonists rebelled and caused major division between colonies and Britain. Goal was self government. habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79215877 2015-11-04 13:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79215877 Common Sense written by Thomas Paine. 1776.  Cry to get rid of British authority.  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79216751 2015-11-04 13:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79216751 First Continental Congress 1774: first colonial governing group. Tried to make peace with Britain  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79217020 2015-11-04 13:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79217020 Second continental Congress 1775:  tried to make peace but also advanced cause for independence.  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79217365 2015-11-04 13:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79217365 Lexington and Concord. 1775: British attack.  Battle of Bunker Hill. 1775.  Leads to continental Army and George Washington.  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79217783 2015-11-04 13:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79217783 Battle of Saratoga 1777 British defeat was the first of many.  habrahamson https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79218733 2015-11-04 13:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/habrahamson/y2bbwkx287u5/wish/79218733