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INDEPENDENCE OF THE US - Coggle Diagram
INDEPENDENCE OF THE US
THIRTEEN COLONIES
English people arrived
1607, Virginia
In the middle os 18th century
13 colonies
known as
New England
1.300.000 white people
European origin
350.000 black people
black people
worked in tobacco and cotton plantations
CAUSES OF THE INDEPENDENCE
IDEOLOGICAL
Enlightenment ideas
basis of the independence
separation of powers
popular sovereignty
POLITICAL
Representation of colonies in parliament
"No taxation without representation"
Republicanism
becoming popular
ECONOMIC
Metropoli
obstacle to their growth
1764 - 1766
Stamp act
Taxes for official documents
1773
Tea act
Tax to control tea trade
Boston tea party
against that taxes
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
ARMED CONFLICT
between 1775 and 1783
the 13 colonies
Patriots
4th of July 1776
Declaration of Independence
written by
Thomas Jefferson
British people
Loyalists
led by
George Washington
helped by
France 1777
Spain 1779
started
Battle of Lexington and Concord
19th of April 1775
BATTLE OF SARATOGA 1777
considered the turning point in the war
8.000 British soldiers
14.000 colonists
leaded by
George Washington
Patriots won
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN 1781
one of the last battles
TREATY OF PARIS 1783
The independence was accepted by British people
CONSTITUTION OF US 1787
First one written in history
FEDERAL REPUBLIC
each state had autonomy
government in
Washington
SEPARATION OF POWERS
Legislative power
congress with two chambers elected by limited suffrage
Senate
House of Representatives
Executive power
hands of the president
elected every four years
Judicial power
hands of Supreme Court
members elected by president
GEORGE WASHINGTON
elected
First president in 1789
CONSEQUENCES
society based on equality
US seen as an idealised symbol
political and social perfection