The document summarizes the history of the 13 colonies in North America and their declaration of independence from British rule. It outlines the colonies that made up New England, the Middle Colonies, and the South Colonies. Tensions rose between the colonies and Britain following acts like the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, leading to the Boston Tea Party in 1773. The colonies declared independence in 1776 through the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson. After several years of war, the colonies gained acceptance of their independence from Britain in 1783.

1. Separation from the English crown

2.  New England:
 New Hampshire
 Massachusetts Bay
 Rhode Island
 Connecticut
 The middle colonies:
 New York
 New Jersey
 Pensylvania
 Delaware
 The south colonies:
 Maryland
 Virginia
 North Carolina
 South Carolina
 Georgia

3.  The 13 colonies were ruled by King Georg III
 French and Indian wars (17756-63)
 French colonies under British command
 Stamp Act (1765) and Townshend Acts (1767)
 The people started to think about independence

4.  “ Boston Tea Party“ 1773
 The first “National Congress“ in 1774
 Boycott of British goods(“No taxation without
representation“)
 First fights in June 1775
 The decision for independence
 The colonies declare war on the British Empire in 1776
 The second “National Congress“

5.  Written and designed by Thomas
Jefferson
 3 different parts:
1. human rights
2. how the English crown violated
them
3. The declaration of sovereign states
 Equality of rights
 Jefferson‘s point against slavery was
cancelled
 Written on 2nd of July; adopted on
4th of July 1776

6.  Support by the French, the Spanish and the Dutch
 Guerilla war destroyed the superiority of the English
army
 Victorious fights at Saragota (1777) and
Yorktown (1781)
 Development into a global war between European
great powers
 Beginning of peace negotiations (1781)
 Acceptation of independence (1783)

7.  National holiday on the 4th July
 The Bill of Rights is based on the content
 The following democracy was an example for many
other countries today
 Indians‘ Independence in the 1990s