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Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Thirteen Colonies were the 13 British colonies in North America, separately chartered and governed, that rebelled, signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, became independent sovereign states, and established the United States of America. They failed to win over the four provinces of what would later be called Canada, which stayed loyal to the King despite large Yankee populations in some areas. The colonies of East Florida and West Florida also remained loyal during the American Revolution, but were given to Spain in 1783. ..." |
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Journals of the Continental Congress: Resolution of Richard Henry Lee; June 7, 1776, by Richard Henry Lee, 7 Jun 1776
The Avalon Project, Yale Law School
"Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." |
The Rocky Road of American Taxation, by Charles Adams, Mises.org Daily Article, 15 Apr 2006
Related Topics: Taxation, Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary War, Canada, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Private Property, Right Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures, Voting, War
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization
"... Governors wrote home to Britain advising the government that the rebellion could not be curbed. ... Most important, the Stamp Act united the colonies — something that had been impossible up to 1765. Massachusetts called for a congress of the colonies, and delegates appeared from almost all colonial governments." |
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