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☆☆☆☆☆On July 4, 1776, the American colonies declared their freedom from British rule.
The (US) Declaration of Independence asserted a philosophy of government that any government can only rule with the consent of the governed, and that the basic purpose of government is to protect people's rights. It gave many examples of how the government of Great Britain -- and, in particular, King George III -- had violated the rights of the colonists and so lost their consent. It then proclaimed that, as a result of this, the colonies issuing it (the 13 English colonies in North America) were free and independent states.
It declared the 13 English colonies in North America "free and independent states", no longer under the rule of Britain and its king, and it listed, for the world to read and consider, reasons "for the separation", viz., a variety of complaints against King George III.
The Declaration of Independence declared the colonies independence. It expressed to other nations why the colonies felt forced to leave Great Britain.
True. Under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to collect taxes.
American help in gaining territory in the Caribbean
The African-Americans tried to escape from the South because the South had slave states. They tried to get to the North because those were free states.
they were fighting to keep their land
The liberty pole was a symbol of revolutionary solidarity in the time of the American and French revolutions. An ensign or symbolic soft cap would be placed atop a pole, or in some cases a tree, to show support for the rebellion.
The States
a voice in decisions
White patriots
According to the declaration of independence when a government works against the rights of the people " it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"
The quartering Act required colonial assemblies to house and pay British soldiers.
Paul Revere and Samuel Adams were successful in portraying the Boston Tea Party.
Vote
The American colonies had direct representation through assemblies.
Had direct representation through assembles
A difference between government in Britain and government in colonial America was that the colonies were not represented by British parliament.
Forming organizations to help one another
