https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii With your partner post your 3rd Body paragraph to the board. Be sure to put your names first and then post your paragraph. Then you will analyze all the theses and vote on the top 3 by liking 3 different examples and yes you can vote for yours if you feel it is deserved with one of your votes. Please also comment on what makes it a good example of a body paragraph. en-us 2022-01-26 13:32:37 UTC 2022-01-26 14:52:54 UTC hello@padlet.com vedika_shah23 https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013646258 Ideas of social freedoms and liberty supported by enlightenment ideals greatly influenced American colonial reaction to British imperial authority. Colonists felt threatened by increasingly imposing British soldiers sent over to enforce martial law and the numerous acts associated with it. For example, the Quartering Act stated colonists had to house and feed British soldiers at any given time. This act increased animosity as colonists believed these soldiers had no authority to intrude on their homes and use their resources. Additionally, these British soldiers were posted throughout major port cities like Boston to quell colonial discontent and protest. This led to multiple violent outbreaks, notably the Boston Massacre. Starting in the evening and going all throughout the night, this massacre against the boston people was both an unfortunate loss of life, but also a propagandized beacon of hatred towards the British that spread far and wide across all of the American colonies. The idea of Britain imposing inescapable harsh measures on the colonists was a defining factor in the views and actions of the colonists against the British. Finally, influential ideas from philosophers and writers encouraged disdain for the British. For example, ideas from European philosopher John Locke, like the people's right to overthrow a tyrannical government, set up a hatred and defiance for the imperial authority set into place.  Furthermore, Thomas Paine’s incredibly influential pamphlet Common Sense swept the nation with a spread of thoughts of individual inalienable freedoms and personal liberties. These notions of self government took hold on American society and led the way for the eventual process of independence from Britain. ]]> 2022-01-26 14:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013646258 jacobpinkerton23 https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013648345 The period of salutary neglect held the most influence in independent ideals against British imperial authority. Previously imposed laws such as the Navigation Acts were discarded as trivial during this period of separation. Building tensions, brought to life by rebellions such as the Bacon rebellion, created an environment of discontent within the colonies and Salutary Neglect served as a catalyst to change. The attitude of colonists created during this period, became evident after the seven years war when taxes returned ten-fold. Ideas of self government spread through the country forming the rebellious culture that ultimately led to our independence.]]> 2022-01-26 14:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013648345 brock_matthias23 https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013658093 The Navigation acts were not the only important tariffs made by the British, the intolerable acts are even worse. The intolerable acts truly lived up to their name, they came near the spark of the Revolutionary War and created strife between the colonists and British. These acts closed the Boston harbor and seized its goods, this essentially crashed the northern economy and cut America off from foreign made goods. This forced the Americans to start producing their own goods, with the north being the epicenter of industrial reform. The intolerable acts were considered to be one of the “Last Straws” by the patriots because of its social and economic impacts on the colonies. 

]]> 2022-01-26 14:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013658093 paige_magel23 https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013665321 In addition to the spread of enlightenment ideas: life, liberty, and property, these social influences, with the impact of Thomas Paine’s writings, influenced self-government. Ideas of freedom from Britain was Paine's ultimate goal, believing that they needed their freedom to run their country how they wanted. Thomas Paine wrote 16 “crisis” papers that inspired troops and colonists in the patriot cause. Not only did he write his work before the Revolutionary war, but his ideas also found their way in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights after their victory against Britain. His most famous pamphlet “Common Sense” influenced many around the nation on the ideas of independence and had a lot of impact on the start of the Revolutionary war. ]]> 2022-01-26 14:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013665321 rachel_soukup23 https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013681686 Some may say that the inability to practice self-government greatly influenced the American colonial reaction to imperial British authority from 1754 to 1776. King George of England ended the liberties colonists used to enjoy. For example, he established the dominion of New England under governor Andros in which the elected assemblies that colonies used to have were no longer able to meet or have any influence. In addition, after the French and Indian War, Boston was placed under martial rule, and troops were sent in to enforce laws with the quartering act. Many acts of legislation were passed, restricting actions of the colonies such as the proclamation line of 1763. This contributed to their rebellious reaction to imperial British authority because the colonists perceived these measures as harsh, unnecessary, and oppressive. However, these perceptions were mainly caused by a growing set of new values from the Enlightenment.

]]> 2022-01-26 14:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013681686 ethan_goudschaal23 https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013682862 The raising of taxes contributed to the American revolution because they were being taxed without representation. One such tax was the Stamp Act of 1765 that made every document need a stamp, thus giving the British money on all documents and newspapers. The Americans were enraged by this because they had no control over the tax being implemented on them.  These taxes also caused the Americans to take action against the British by rebelling.  For example, the tea taxes. There was a tax on tea for a very long time, but then finally the people got tired of it and threw all of the tea into the harbor, which in turn angered the British.  All of these actions increased tension between the British and America and eventually led to the war, which was the best course of action to end these injustices

]]> 2022-01-26 14:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013682862 jack_zang23 https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013685461  Intense British military presence was the factor that most influenced the American colonists to oppose the rule of mother England. This presence was most brought on by the quartering act of 1765 which not only forced colonists to give up their very own homes to British soldiers, but to also provide food, drink and fuel out of their own pocket to these soldiers. This obviously was not going to be taken lightly by the colonials. In 1770 the Boston massacre occurred in which 3 patriots were shot and killed by British soldiers. The riot that caused this massacre was the peak of the tension between the colonists and the overbearing presence of the British soldiers. This overbearing presence of the British army caused mass opposition amongst the colonials against mother England.]]> 2022-01-26 14:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jterhaar1/yjnnj54cwkg7tzii/wish/2013685461