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- GEOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS: the long distance of the colonies from Great Britain

- COLONIAL LEGISLATURES: colonies were in many ways independent of the crown

- SALUTARY NEGLECT: the enforcement of external trade relations was lax

- ENLIGHTENMENT: these ideas changed their way of thinking, introducing the concepts of social contract, limited government, separation of powers.

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ECONOMIC CAUSES: MERCANTILISM and INTOLERABLE ACTS

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ECONOMIC CAUSES: MERCANTILISM and INTOLERABLE ACTS

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-Mercantilism was one big factor of colonialist's discontent: raw materials were taken from America and sent to Britain to help the mothercountry in manifacture of goods

-Some Acts were passed, that limited American's freedom (Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, Tea Crisis Act, Sugar Act).

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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POLITICAL CAUSES: ENGLISH CONTROL and BOSTON EVENTS

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POLITICAL CAUSES: ENGLISH CONTROL and BOSTON EVENTS

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Aften winning the French and Indian War, King George II tightened British control over the colonies --> they had to help pay for all the expenses of the war.

BOSTON MASSACRE: a crowd of 60 colonists sorrounded and fought against British soldiers (5 colonists were killed)

BOSTON TEA PARTY:colonists threw 90.000 pounds of tea into the water.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND COLONIES

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND COLONIES

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-May 1773: East India Company has the monopoly on the importation of tea

-Philadelphia and Newyork: the ships were not allowed to land

-16/12/1773: -three ships of tea arrived to Boston

-a group of people meeting at the Old South Meeting House

-200 people offending cargos of tea into the Harbor waters

-03/1774: English Parliament response with the Intollerable Acts (close Port of Boston)

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REPUBLIC → virtuous and educated citizens

Mothers were the primary teachers:

Educational opportunities for girls

novels written by, for and about women

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"Remember the Ladies"

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Slavery contrasted with the new revolutionary ideas

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Black parishioners didn't have the same right as whites

Richard Allen formed the MOTHER BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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They lost their lands and this led them to live in reservations

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USA: federation composed by 13 independent States

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"I have the executive power"

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Manages the judiciary power

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Ran the legislative power

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china us military comparison chart-reuters

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the impoverishment of the Country was very fast

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The great request of armies improved the industrial production.

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IN 1800 WAS ABOLISHED THE PROHIBITION TO CONQUER THE WEST TERRITORIES

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February 22, 1732 –December 14, 1799

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- Washington led his army against the British and their commander Sir William Howe.

- The battle of Germantown: an American defeat.

- The Americans and the French navy clashed with the British at Yorktown.

- The wat was over and the United States of America was born.

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Thomas Jefferson used powerful words to fight for independence.