zoom session: The American Revolution
2 Abril 2020, 12:00 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
The American Revolution
Causes: the political and economic relationship with the metropolis.
The lack of American colonialists' representation in the British Parliament and the consequent unbalanced defense of their interests and grievances. Reference to Edmund Burke's "Speech on the Conciliation with America".The enforcement of taxes and their rejection by the American colonialists.
The break of the conflict: The First Continental Congress,1774; •The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia,in 1775 delegates–including Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
July 4, 1776 - The American revolutionaries write the Declaration of Independence: the emphasis on men's rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
The support of European powers: France and Spain.
Independence, 1783 with the aigning of the Treaty of Paris.
Thomas Paine's contribution and support to the American Revolution: Common Sense, 1776