https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2017-04-07 16:09:09 UTC 2017-04-07 16:49:50 UTC hello@padlet.com 00araman80678 https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165427345 In the 1600s and 1700s, Great Britain held a vast empire with colonies all over the world. ]]> 2017-04-07 16:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165427345 00araman80678 https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165429290 Throughout the 1600s, British influence in North America continued to grow as more and more colonists flooded the region.]]> 2017-04-07 16:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165429290 00araman80678 https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165430359 They also believed the taxes were unfair because they had never elected their own representatives into the British government. They protested: “No taxation without representation.”]]> 2017-04-07 16:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165430359 00araman80678 https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165431957  Britain sent troops to Massachusetts. The troops found out about a group of rebellious colonists who had stockpiled14 some weapons in a small town outside of Boston called Lexington, so they went to go steal the weapons. ]]> 2017-04-07 16:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165431957 00araman80678 https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165432638 They settled on the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson. The Second Continental Congress officially adopted the document on July 4, 1776, and the United States became independent.]]> 2017-04-07 16:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/00araman80678/yc90dztk2bf0/wish/165432638