the 13 colonies declared independence from britain.
who did the 13 colonies declared independence from?
britain
by spring 1775, all royal officials had been expelled, and the continental congress hosted a convention of delegates for the 13 colonies. it raised an army to fight the british and named george washington its commander, made treaties, declared independence, and recommended that the colonies write constitutions and become states. the second continental congress assembled in may 1775 and began to coordinate armed resistance against britain. it established a government that recruited soldiers and printed its own money. general washington took command of the patriot soldiers in new england and forced the british to withdraw from boston. in 1776, the thirteen colonies declared their independence from britain. with the help of france and spain, they defeated the british in the american revolutionary war. in the treaty of paris (1783), britain officially recognized the independence of the united states of america.
thirteen colonies
salem merchants defended the colonies during the american revolutionary war through privateering. when the 13 colonies declared independence, the continental navy had only 31 ships. to support their efforts letters of marque were issued to private merchant ships to authorize them to attack enemy merchant ships. george washington's army numbered 11,000 men; there were 11,000 privateers at sea in the atlantic, caribbean, and between ireland and england. one of the goals was to obtain gunpowder, outlawed for import by the british. over 2 million pounds of gunpowder and saltpeter were brought in by the privateers and merchantmen. they also prevented british soldiers and over 10,000 seamen out of the british navy, with the continental navy the total was 16,000 captured british.
salem harbor