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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATED OF AMERICA,…
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATED OF AMERICA
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES: WAR AND INDEPENDENCE
Since the 17th century
groups of emigrants settled on the east coast of America
some had fled in their country
political instability
religious persecution
The British monarchy
organised the colonists in 13 colonies
they had to pay taxes to the British town
a governor held the highest power
his power was almost exclusively military
colonists ruled through the colonial assemblies
the thirteen colonies
after the seven years' war (1756-1763)
between Great Britain and France
the British created a permanent army in America
they forced the colonists to found it by taxes
they rebelled
'no taxation without representation'
revolutionary process
began in 1776
delegates from the 13 colonies reunited
declared the independence from Great Britain
colonies became states
new country called Unites states of America emerged
the american war of independence
the British opposed and the war began
France, United Provinces and Spain supported the colonists
the battles of Saratoga and Yorktown
were won by the colonists
led by George Washington
the peace of Parise was signed in 1783
Great Britain recognised the new country's independence
THE POLITICAL REGIME OF THE UNITED STATES
delegates from the states reunited again
they drafted a constitution
it was approved in 1787
political liberal principles in the fundamental law
the constitution of the United States of America
federal republic
government functions divided between capital
mainly independent
separation of powers
executive, president
legislative, congress and senate
judicial, supreme court
popular sovereignty
the citizens hold the power
head of the state
the president
chosen by the house of Representatives
chosen every 4 years
suffrage
elect members of the House of Representatives
recognition of basic rights
life, liberty and property
freedoms
printing
assembly
religious
censitary suffrage
allowed white men with properties in the elections
this was a %6 of the population
members of the senate elected by the sates parliaments
universal manhood suffrage for white men
not until the 20th century
lots of states maintained slavery
