https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm Events leading to the American Revolution en-us 2020-10-01 13:49:05 UTC 2026-01-31 07:01:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f600.png hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/794626765 Instituted by the British Parliament to stop settlement of lands past the Appalachians. This was to appease the Natives and stop conflicts. However, many colonists disobeyed this law and refused to comply. ]]> 2020-10-01 13:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/794626765 hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/794687517 To Raise money for the crown and the seven years war,the British government under prime minister Lord Grenville instituted the sugar tax on the colonies. This taxed sugar and other luxuries. This also aided in stopping smuggling under a law that partnered it. However, the colonists reacted with anger believing the British government had no right or reason to tax. ]]> 2020-10-01 14:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/794687517 hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/794712071 To aid in the cost of troops in the colonies, Lord Grenville and the British parliament instituted a tax on all printed papers. This included Cards, legal documents, newspapers, etc. The colonists reacted with anger because it was the first tax on everyday items directly. It inspired Patrick Henry to claim "No taxation without representation" and the stamp congress in Newyork.]]> 2020-10-01 14:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/794712071 hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/798962573 After the problems caused by the Stamp Act in the colonies, a new British Parliament voted to repeal it. People in the colonies were very happy but ignorant towards another act that accompanied the repeal. This declared that the British Parliament had the absolute right to make laws and tax the colonists. This eventually led to conflict. ]]> 2020-10-02 19:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/798962573 hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/798978607 The British Government was still in large debt; so, A man named Charles Townshend proposed new taxes on everyday items for the colonies. These taxed imports on items like glass, team and paper. But, it also allowed any official to search property for smuggled goods without a warrant. Due to the effort of colonists like James Otis, John Dickerson, and Samuel Adams, it enthused people to fight against these taxes. So, people boycotted these goods and petitioned the British for its repeal. Due to this, the new prime minister, Lord North got these taxes repealed and brought the colonies to a period of relatively economic and political prosperity.]]> 2020-10-02 19:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/798978607 hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/799007943 To fight against the placement of British troops in Boston, a group of enraged colonists met in front of the customs house to protest against this. However, these protests quickly became violent as they harassed and threw dangerous projectiles at the troops. So, under self defense, they shot back, killing 5. This allowed the sons of liberty to use it to inflame anti British Feeling.

John Adams HBO- Boston Massacre


]]> 2020-10-02 20:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/799007943 hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/799041663 The colonists continued to Boycott British Tea; this put the British East India company in a bad financial situation. So, in order to help with that, the British instituted the tea tax which made the tea much cheaper than anything smuggled. But, the colonists continued to refuse. To fight back The Sons Of Liberty dressed up as Natives and dropped 342 chests of tea in Boston harbor. This caused mixed reaction with many not liking the destruction of property while others were enthused by it.]]> 2020-10-02 20:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/799041663 hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/799053043 After the Boston Tea party of 1773, the British parliament was enraged. In order to show force the Parliament led by Lord North created a series of acts which deeply angered the colonists. Some of these included shutting down Boston Harbor, reducing democracy in Massachusetts, allowing royal officials to be tried in Great Britain of their crimes, and expanding the Quartering Act to private homes.]]> 2020-10-02 20:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/799053043 hyzyryanf https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/799087110 In order to address the problems of the Intolerable Acts and restore a good relationship with the mother country, a group of colonists met in Philadelphia. Some included George Washington, John Adams, Sam Adams, John Dickerson, and John Jay. They created a set of resolves to the king in order to try and gain the relationship back. However, they agreed that if these were not met, they would meet again to address these issues.

John Adams HBO- First COntinental Congress]]> 2020-10-02 20:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hyzyryanf/z6c72gsf7gmj9fkm/wish/799087110