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The Thirteen Colonies, or the Thirteen American Colonies, were a group of colonies of Great Britain on the Atlantic coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th.The Thirteen Colonies had very similar political, constitutional, and legal systems, and were dominated by Protestant English-speakers. All thirteen were part of Britain's possessions in the New World
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Declaration of Independence, in U.S. history, document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. the Congress on July 2 had resolved that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States.”
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American Revolution (1765 and 1783) also called United States War of Independence or American Revolutionary War insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.
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The Us Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People”affirm that the government of the US exists to serve its citizens. The supremacy of the people through their elected representatives is recognized in Article I, which creates a Congress consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The positioning of Congress at the beginning of the Constitution affirms its status as the “First Branch” of the federal government.
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The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans’ rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion.
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Westward expansion, the 19th-century movement of settlers into the American West, began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail and a belief in manifest destiny. In 1803, Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French gvt it doubled the size of the US. Westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He thought that a republic depended on an independent for its survival
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The Civil War in the US began, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states rights over slavery. The war was fought because 11 Southern states wanted to leave the USA.They formed the Confederacy. Slavery was common in the Southern states. It was illegal in most of the Northern states. Reconstruction ended the remnants of Confederate secession and abolished slavery, making the newly freed slaves citizens with civil rights guaranteed by 3 new constitutional amendments.
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In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. Old industries expanded and many new ones, including petroleum refining, steel manufacturing, and electrical power, emerged. Railroads expanded significantly, bringing even remote parts of the country into a national market economy. Industrial growth transformed American society. It
produced a new class of wealthy industrialists and a
prosperous middle class.
