https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr Learn about the major event of the revolution en-us 2016-10-14 15:17:07 UTC 2016-11-02 18:15:06 UTC hello@padlet.com s591703 https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/130777387 On April 19, 1775 The British soldiers were ordered by the king to take the arsenal from the Americans and arrest the leaders of the soon to be revolution as the king suspected that the Americans wanted to separate from the British. When the British came to Lexington the Americans were in panic as they did not expect the British to come and take their weapons or come in general.All of this caused us to lose the one of the first wars of the revolution. Then the British set out again later on to take away the arsenal that the Americans had in Lexington. This was counter acted because of Paul Revere and William Dawes which caused the Americans to be ready for and attack. We got our first win, Lexington.]]> 2016-10-14 15:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/130777387 s591703 https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/130782829 On June 17th ,1775, the British fought against untrained Americans who fought fiercely killing 228 British solders and wounding about 900 other solders. With all of that power we were still defeated in the first major battle fought in the revolution. We still celebrated because we proved to the British that we would not be taken down easily and we would be a costly battle. The killing were high as there were only 1200 Americans but 2400 British solders.]]> 2016-10-14 15:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/130782829 s591703 https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/130787025 On October 17, 1777, The war that changed the whole revolution and influenced the French to join the war against Britain took place. On a morning the British general John Burgoyne attacked the Americans expecting an easy battle. He won the battle and went on for another battle despite losing many solders 14 days later. This war was a loss for the British and a major win for the Americans as Benjamin Franklin used this war to prove to the french that we could win and influenced the french to help the Americans.]]> 2016-10-14 15:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/130787025 s591703 https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/131189654 There were a lot of things that happened there like hunger which killed many American solders. Cold temperatures were also a problem as we did not have winter cloth which risked the chance of a solder dying. This was all happening form December 19 to June 19 over the course of six months in the years of 1777 and 1778.]]> 2016-10-17 15:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/131189654 s591703 https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/131194348 On 1781, 17,000 American and French troops went on against 9,00 British solders were at Yorktown, Virginia. Washington would make the move that would win the war, at a time he would move several troops to go around the British camp eventually completely surrounding the British. After 3 weeks of hard fought battles, Britain financially surrendered putting an end to the war and a start to a new life]]> 2016-10-17 15:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/131194348 s591703 https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/133343948 This was an event that declared independence form Britain and that declared all of the rights that we now have in the u.s . Thomas Jefferson, the author wrote this to 'break away' from Britian and be an independent country.]]> 2016-10-26 14:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/133343948 s591703 https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/133346276 The Treaty of Paris allowed us to finally get an official form of a victory. This officially allowed us to be the independent country we are today. An artist was going to draw a picture of the event on the time that the treaty was made. The colonies were posing confident and with a victorious win while the British did not want to pose leading to an unfinished drawing.]]> 2016-10-26 14:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s591703/zs866033dymr/wish/133346276