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03 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,…

- - - - had to pay taxes to the Crown
      - They had a governor
        
        king's representative
        
        highest authority in each colony
        
        mostly military power
        
        for other matters ruled themselves
        
        colonial assemblies
  - - - between Great Britain and France
      - British created an army in America
      - Forced colonists to fund it through taxes
        
        colonists rebelled
        
        Slogan
        
        ‘no taxation without representation’
        
        They wanted a representative in the parliament in London
    - - In 1776
      - the delegates of the colonies met in Philadelphia
        
        declared the independence from Great Britain
      - became known as United States of America
    - - As, British were opposed to changes
      - France, Spain and United Provinces supported the states
      - Battles of Saratoga and Yorktown
        
        won by the colonists
        
        Peace of Paris was signed
        
        in 1783
        
        Great Britain formally recognised the country's independence
- - - - Popular sovereignty
      - Federal Republic
        
        government functions divided between
        
        capital (Washington DC)
        
        federate states (mainly independent)
      - Separation of powers
        
        executive
        
        president
        
        legislative
        
        Congress, Senate
        
        judicial
        
        Supreme Court
      - head of the state
        
        chosen by the house of representatives
      - Suffrage
        
        to elect members of the House of representatives
      - Recognition of basic rights and freedoms