Thirteen Colonies

The American Revolution was a fight between Great Britain and the original thirteen colonies. The thirteen colonies wanted their freedom from Britain. The start of the battle was at Lexington and concord in April of 1775 between troops and colonial militiamen. That following summer, rebels waged war for independence. Three years later in 1778, the French joined the war siding with the colonists. The Americans won the war in 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia after the British surrendered. But, it…

surprised because there were so many differences between the colonies. In the Thirteen Colonies, there were so many religions and they were all equal. You could donate to your church if you like, but it wasn’t mandatory. In Quebec, most people were Roman Catholic and they were favored by the government. Also, the people in Quebec had to pay ten percent of their income to the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to that, even though the colony was British they used French civil law. The Loyalists…

the act of which the American colonies split from the British nation to form their own country. Throughout the pre revolutionary years from 1607 till 1774 the colonies had no trouble being owned by the British until the rise of the war happened. The economic factors were the main cause of the American Revolution. After the 7 year war against the Indian and French the British government needed to raise taxes to recoup the money that was lost during the war. The colonies also got no…

which the thirteen colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the Authority Great Britain had over them, and ultimately funded the United States of America. There are many factors that led to this outbreak. Three major factors would be the Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, and correspondence between the colonies. The colonies decide to boycott British imports. The British are still trying to recover from the Seven Years’ War and they really needed the colonies to…

Thirteen original colonies that colonized in North America set the standards for what is to be expected of North America. Of the thirteen colonies that settled in America, each one was founded for its own purpose; New Jersey for farming and trade, Rhode Island for separation of church and state, and Virginia for its quest of gold. Virginia became the first successful colony to colonize in America, founded by John Smith in 1607. On the quest for riches and gold, colonists spent most of their time…

always asked to be changed. In the 21st century gay rights and the constant fight against police brutality on minorities are two of the many asked changes. Back in the late 1700s, separating the Thirteen Colonies from the British Crown was the asked change. In the fight for detachment the Thirteen Colonies were divided between the Loyalists and Patriots. The Loyalists, also known as the King’s Men were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary…

between the thirteen original colonies and Great Britain. The thirteen original colonies were tired of being under the British crown and decided to revolt against Great Britain. The colonies wanted to be independent, while Great Britain wanted the colonies to stay loyal to the crown. This dispute then lead to a war that caused the thirteen British colonies to become the United States of America. Taxes that Britain tried to enforce on the colonies, is the main reason why the colonies wanted…

when we think of a Revolution, we think of a rapid change. The American Revolution, which affected many people from 1775 to about 1783, was a rebellion by the thirteen colonies against British Rule leading to the independence of the United States. Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense, written in 1775-1776, inspired the thirteen colonies to withdraw from British authority. Later on, the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, helped encouraged Paine’s pamphlet even more. In John…

In the beginning of what would soon become the United States of America, there were little colonies settled in by various European countries, one of them being Britain. The British colonies were proud of their home country. This soon changed when King George III and the British Parliament started taxing the colonies without their permission. Ships were sent to control the colonies, but this enraged them even more. Soon the Boston Tea Party happened, and the “Intolerable Acts” were created. With…

England had thirteen formative colonies in North America. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Bay were some of the prominent founding colonies. The two I choose to analyze are Massachusetts Bay Colony and Pennsylvania. Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the first English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, they arrived in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan colonists from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley. In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Company received a charter…