BRITISH COLONIES (13)MARYLAND CATHOLICS A tribute to Queen
Mary. Scape from England, they don´t recognize thequeen as the head of the church
PLAYMOUTH (Annexedto Massachussets)
PURITANS They don´t believe in church nor anglicanismBIBLE and WORK
PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERS PacifistThere is somethingdivine inside us
STAMP ACT AND TOWNSHEND ACTS
Tax imposed on documents and newspapers
Tax imposed on paper, tea, glass…
The act was repealed by the British Parliament
Americans felt tricked again
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!! THIS WAS A COMMON GOAL OF THE COLONIES
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
• The Boston Massacre was exaggerated bypress
• Americans dumped the tea, they wereopposed to the tea – duty
• THE WAR BROKE OUT
FIRST AND SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
SECOND CONTINENTALCONGRESS
Boycott trade with Britain They named George Washington as a commander
Organize militias They issued the Declaration of Independence
THEY WERE FORMED FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY COLONY (exceptGeorgia) and they gathered in Philadelphia
WHY DID THE COLONIST WIN THE WAR?
American´s motivation and G. Washington
British generals made several mistakes
A expensive war for England : an overseas war
French, Dutch republic and Spain were allies
YORKTWN : Washington made Cornwallis surrenderin 1781.
The end . TREATY OF VERSAILLES 1783. GB recognized USA
Cuando una larga serie de abusos y usurpaciones, dirigida invariablemente al mismo objetivo, demuestra el designio de someter al pueblo a un despotismo absoluto, tiene el derecho, tiene el deber, de derrocar ese gobierno y establecer nuevas garantías para su futura seguridad. Tal ha sido el paciente sufrimiento de estas colonias; tal es ahora la necesidad que las obliga a reformar su anterior sistema de gobierno. […] Por tanto, los representantes de los Estados Unidos de América convocados en Congreso General […] hacemos público y declaramos: Que estas Colonias Unidas son, y deben serlo por derecho, Estados Libres e Independientes […] y que toda vinculación política entre ellas y el Estado de la Gran Bretaña queda y debe quedar totalmente disuelta […] Filadelfia 1776