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03.THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,…
03.THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES: WAR AND INDEPENDENCE
British monarchy organised the colonists
13 colonies
had to pay taxes
Kings representative
held the highest authority in each colony
power was military
colonial assemblies
Seven Years' War
British created a large permanent army in America
Forced the colonists to fund it own taxes
no taxation without representation
had no representatives in London
Revolutionary process
30 colonies
meet in Philadelphia
declared independence from Great Britain
colonies ---> states
United States of America
British denegate new changes
American War of Independence
France, Spain, United Provinces
VS
Great Britain
Battle of Saratoga and Yorktown
Peace of Paris was signed
Great Britain recognised the new country's independence
POLITICAL REGIME OF UNITED STATES
Meet again Philadelphia
Created a constitution
some thinkers
incorporated into country's fundamental law
Constitutions of the United States of America
Popular sovereignty
federal republc
separation of powers
head of state
Suffrage
Basic rights, freedom
members of the House of Representatives
elected by censitary suffrage
only white adult could vote
universal manhood suffrage for white men
Some southern states maintained slavery
American expansion until 1810
Began their expansion early and quickly
