https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem By: Ja'Imari Salters; Sha'niyah James en-us 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC 2023-08-15 12:37:49 UTC hello@padlet.com jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377232 In 1534 Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy which defined the right of Henry VIII to be supreme head on earth of the Church of England, thereby  severing ecclesiastical links with Rome. ]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377232 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377233 The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559, to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the sacraments in the Church of England.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377233 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377234 After sending an exploring party ashore, the Mayflower landed at what they would call Plymouth Harbor, on the western side of Cape Cod Bay, in mid-December. During the next several months, the settlers lived mostly on the Mayflower and ferried back and forth from shore to build their new storage and living quarters. The settlement’s first fort and watchtower was built on what is now known as Burial Hill (the area contains the graves of Bradford and other original settlers).]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377234 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377236 On March 22, 1765, British Parliament finally passed the Stamp Act or Duties in American Colonies Act. It required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used. The tax also included fees for playing cards, dice, and newspapers. The reaction in the colonies was immediate.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377236 jamesshaniyah https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377237 The 7 Years war was important because it provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377237 jamesshaniyah https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377238 The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773 by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377238 jamesshaniyah https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377239 The Battles of Lexington and Concord, were some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377239 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377240 Late in the afternoon of March 5, 1770, British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377240 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377241 The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377241 jamesshaniyah https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377242 The olive branch petition was important because it was to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377242 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377243 July 12, 1776 - The first draft of the Articles of Confederation was presented to the Continental Congress. November 15, 1777 - The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377243 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377244 The Battle of Saratoga fought in two stages on September 19 and October 7, 1777, proved to be a turning point in the American struggle for independence. It also had a direct impact on the career of General George Washington.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377244 jamesshaniyah https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377245 The Declaration of Independence was important because it summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377245 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377246 On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377246 jamesshaniyah https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377247 The treaty of pairs, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377247 jaimarisalters https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377248 The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377248 jamesshaniyah https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377249 Congress possessed only enumerated powers under the Articles of Confederation. It had no real power to tax, regulate commerce, or raise an army. The inability to tax created major obstacles for the new nation.]]> 2023-08-15 12:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimarisalters/zeqm5rnt0ivjjpem/wish/2662377249