USA INDEPENDECE
The war started after years of problems between the British Empire (The Red Coats) and the colonists of North America.
There were 13 colonies. For many years the British government decided which countries could trade with the colonies, instead of the colonies deciding it themselves. Many colonists wanted free trade.
CAUSES
In 1765, the British Parliament needing money for the French and Indian War, and passed a law called the Stamp Act.
This law said that colonists had to buy stamps for legal papers, newspapers, and even playing cards. The colonies kept refusing to do what the King wanted. The Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre caused people to become angrier about the situation.
The British sent more soldiers to keep control of the colonies and sometimes had to fight. In 1774, the British passed the Intolerable Acts.
It was unhappy because the settlers had no representatives in the London Parliament to make their position heard.
This disagreement was aggravated after the Seven Years War of England against France (1748-1756)
But the colonies had not deserved an improvement in the deal, on the contrary, England responded by raising taxes on sugar, tea, and paperwork.
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
The First Continental Congress, which was comprised of delegates from the colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts, in response to their resistance to new taxes.
In 1775, the Second Continental Congress convened after the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) had already begun.
The situation was festering and parting and the war broke out. The first shots were crossed in the town of Lexington on April 19, 1775. In May the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia itself. It made arrangements to organize an army, appointed 14 generals and put them under the command of George Washington, who was a rich landowner of Virginia, 43 years old.
When Great Britain realized that it was a war and not just a revolt, he sent an army of 30,000 men, under Sir William Howe, to New York, a city that thought itself more favorable to the Crown, leaving Boston where they were very unpopular.
AMERICAN REVLUTION
The battle began on April 19, 1775, in Lexington and Concord Massachusetts On June 14, 1775, Also, George Washington takes command of the newly designated Continental Army.
Great Britain realized that was the beginning of a war, so appoints William Howe as the leader of his army. From 1775 to 1777, Howe commanded the largest expeditionary force Britain had ever amassed, confronting the rebel army under George Washington and enjoying a string of victories.
Declaration of Independence - July 4th, 1776
The declaration of independence is a document written by Thomas Jefferson on July 4th, 1776.
It proclaimed the right to independence for the American colonies to separate from Great Britain. The declaration of independence starts by describing the reasons why it’s so important and required to claim their independence.
THE BRITISH DEFEAT
The defeat of the British in Saratoga, north of New York, in October 1777, was important. From there, France arrived openly in the war: supported with money, arms, and armies of sea and land. Spain, which supported the rebels with money, arms, and ammunition, was still reluctant to direct intervention.
In 1781 they surrendered the last English redoubt in Yorktown, in front of a French fleet and a combined French-American army of 16,000 men, under the command of George Washington.
On September 3, 1783, the treaty was signed by which Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States and returned to Spain, France, and Holland several possessions, although Canada maintained.
George Washington was elected the first president of EE. UU in 1789, under the terms of the Constitution of 1787, and the oldest in the world, because it is maintained until now with only a few amendments.