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Topic 7: USA Independence
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE – JULY 4TH, 1776
The Continental Congress met in Philadelphia intending to vote for independence
from England. In anticipation of this vote, Congress selected a committee to draft
a declaration of independence. The committee, composed of John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman,
in turn, instructed Thomas Jefferson to write the declaration.
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.
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
The First Continental Congress, which was comprised of delegates from the
colonies, met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of measures
imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance
to new taxes
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,
as other British people did. The money from the
stamps went to the King. T
USA INDEPENDENCE
The war started after years of problems between the British Empire (The Red
Coats) and the colonists of North America, especially Roanoke after the French
and Indian War.
There were 13 colonies, and the
colonists (people living in the colonies)
did not like many of the actions of
the British Government. 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.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE – JULY 4TH, 1776
The Continental Congress met in Philadelphia intending to vote for independence
from England. In anticipation of this vote, Congress selected a committee to draft
a declaration of independence. The committee, composed of John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman,
in turn, instructed Thomas Jefferson to write the declaration.
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 MUTINY THE BOSTON TEA
A series of peaceful demonstrations,
especially in Boston, the colonial capital, had
no echo. That led a group of discontents to
form a secret society, the Sons of Liberty,
who assaulted, disguised as Indians, three
ships of the East India Company that had
arrived from Great Britain with a large cargo
of tea. It was December 16, 1773, and after
capturing the crew, they threw over 342
barrels overboard with a total of 45 tons of tea, which sank irretrievably