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American Revolution

Ivar Huijben
Bram Corbeij
13 American
colonies
• English
• 1607 Virginia
• 1674 New York
• French, German, Spanish
American Brits

• no connection to the British


motherland.
• British laws
• Can’t make their own
• Angry
Boston tea
party
• ’’no taxation without
representation’’
• Protests
• Boston tea party 1773
American
Revolution
• the 13 colonies had to work
together
• ‘’unite or die’’
• Congres 1774
• First American parliament
• Illigal
• Begin of the War of
Independence
American
Revolution

• Americans wanted to get rid of


Great Britain.
• Independence
• Americans declared themselves
independent.
• 4th July 1776
Consequences
• America is no longer a colony of Great Britain.
• Important in the development of the Constitution.
• first time independence
sources
• https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution

• https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqO3cnPwJVk&t=158s

• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/american-revolution-faqs

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