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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,…
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES: WAR AND INDEPENDENCE
Since 17th century
European emigrants
east coast of North America
fled
political instability
religious persecution
British monarchy
13 colonies
pay taxes
A governor
highest authority
military power
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES
1756–1763
After Seven Years’ War
army in America
Great Britain
France
forced colonists
new taxes
colonists rebelled
no taxation without representation
1776
Thirteen Colonies
Great Britain's independence
George III’s rule
known as states
United States of America
British were opposed
American War of Independence
supported colonists
Spain
France
United Provinces
1783
Peace of Paris signed
After battles of
Saratoga
Yorktown
Great Britain
recognised
new country’s independence
THE POLITICAL REGIME OF THE UNITED STATES
1787
delegates of the states
drafted a Constitution
country’s fundamental law
political liberal principles
thinkers
Locke
Rousseau
Montesquieu
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Popular sovereignty
is a federal republic
government functions
capital
different federated states
separation of powers
executive
legislative
judicial
president
head of state
Suffrage
House of Representatives members
recognition
basic rights to life
freedoms
House of Representatives
membres
elected by suffrage
white males
owned properties
6% of population
AMERICAN EXPANSION UNTIL 1810
United States
began
expandion early
doubled number of states
