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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.
Britain and France had been in an on-again-off-again series of wars for the better part of two centuries at the time, with the most recent example being what was called in Europe the Seven Years' War and in North America the French and Indian War. The government of France saw the revolution as a chance to weaken Britain in North America and divert British forces from Europe at little risk to France itself.
What the government of France did not see was that supporting democracy thousands of miles away might come back to bite them in the butt in a few years, when their own citizens noticed how well it was working out for the United States and decided they'd like some too. France supported the colonists because they opposed England.
Slavery remained legal so that the states would stay united.
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True. Under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to collect taxes.
A number of countries used it as an opportunity to fight Great Britain.
it was not backed by gold silver or land
It was not backed by gold, silver, or land.
They had to fight in the Revolutionary War as well as help pay for it.
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According to the Declaration of Independence the King of England wanted to establish "absolute Tyranny over these" colonies.
African-Americans fought mostly for the patriots in the American Revolution.
wealthy loyalists had left america.
Answer this question…The Townshend Acts were passedThe proclamation line was set.The Boston Massacre occurred.
