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Há 3 dias · Just sixty days after the start of armed hostilities at Lexington Green, the Continental Congress’s decision to invade Canada resulted in one of the worst defeats in the War for Independence. While exact casualty figures are difficult to discern, likely half of the American forces sent north were killed in battle, wounded, captured, or died of disease. [2]
Há 2 dias · The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Há 3 dias · Although American law barred importing slaves from overseas, federal leaders refused to cooperate with the British naval efforts to suppress that trade. While waging a diplomatic struggle against British antislavery, southerners hoped to avoid a shooting war. They wanted no disruption in trade with Britain, the primary market for their cotton.
Há 1 dia · Starting in 1776, the Congress sought to raise money by loans from wealthy individuals, promising to redeem the bonds after the war. The bonds were redeemed in 1791 at face value, but the scheme raised little money because Americans had little specie, and many of the rich merchants were supporters of the Crown.
Há 3 dias · Between April and July 1776, a "complex political war": 59 was waged to bring this about. [23] : 671 [24] In January 1776, Thomas Paine 's pamphlet Common Sense , which described the uphill battle against the British for independence as a challenging but achievable and necessary objective, was published Philadelphia . [25]
Há 1 dia · Among the express powers of Congress as defined in the Constitution are the power to lay and collect taxes, borrow money on the credit of the United States, regulate commerce, coin money, declare war, raise and support armies, and make all laws necessary for the execution of its powers. Although the two chambers of Congress are separate, for ...
Há 5 dias · Learn English as you read and listen to our American history series. The programs are written at the intermediate and upper-beginner level and are read one-third slower than regular VOA English.
