intro to wwll by Jose Perez De Luna https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p en-us 2017-04-07 16:08:59 UTC 2017-04-07 16:38:18 UTC hello@padlet.com NORTH AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 01josper87988 https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165425873 In the 1600s and 1700s, Great Britain held a vast empire with colonies all over the world.



]]> 2017-04-07 16:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165425873 LIFE IN THE COLONIES. 01josper87988 https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165428116 Throughout the 1600s, British influence in North America continued to grow as more and more colonists flooded the region.

]]> 2017-04-07 16:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165428116 COLONIAL UNREST. 01josper87988 https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165428598 On December 16, 1773, a group of men dressed up like Native Americans, snuck onto a British ship docked in Boston Harbor, and dumped crates of tea into the ocean as a symbol of their unhappiness.

]]> 2017-04-07 16:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165428598 THE BATTLE BEGINS. 01josper87988 https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165429416 The colonists found out about this ahead of time, and a small group of minutemen, or American civilian soldiers, met them on the way. At this small skirmish, eight minutemen died but only one British soldier was hurt.

]]> 2017-04-07 16:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165429416 INDEPENDENCE AT LAST. 01josper87988 https://padlet.com/01josper87988/yffvawg8rp2p/wish/165430107  Twelve out of the 13 colonies voted in favor of independence on July 2, 1776. The Second Continental Congress officially adopted the document on July 4, 1776, and the United States became independent.

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