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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -…
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The thirteen colonies: war and independence
The Britsh organised the colonists into 13 colonies
They had to pay a series of taxes to the British Crown
The colonists ruled through
Colonial assemblies
After the seven years war
The Britsh created a permanent army in America
They forced the colonists to pay new taxes
The colonists rebelled
They had no representatives in London
A revolutionary process began
Delegates met in Philadelphia
They declared independence from Great Britain
The colonies became known as states
New contry
United States of America
The American war of independece began
France, Spain and the USA
Supported the colonists to weaken Great Britain
After the battles of Saratoga and Yorktown
The peace of Paris was signed
Great Britain declared independance
The politcal regime of the United States
In 1787 the delegates from the new state created a constitution
The constitution of the USA
Separations of powers
Legislative
Congress of Senate
Judidicial
Supreme Court
Executive
The president
Head of state
President
Chosen by voting every 4 years
Federal republic
Government functions are divided between
The capital
The different federal states
Suffrage
The right to vote
Popular soveringnty
Citizens hold the power
Recognition of basic rights
Liberty
Property
To life
Freedoms
Printing
Assembly
Religious
