The New World colonies verged on anarchy without British rule, and were in a total state of chaos. ... The New World colonies were heavily damaged during the war as every major battle was fought on American soil. ... The Southern colonies were also in finanacial unrest after the pounding they received by British troops during the war. ... Slaves were consistently released by British troops during the war which immensly disrupted the Southern economy by sending it into a post-war depression that injured everybody from financial debtors to well-to-do farmers. ... The southern colonies were badl...

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1776 brought trials and tribulations to the Colonies. ... The southern states, in general, were against independence. ... Britain had thousands more soldiers than the colonies, and they were better equipped and prepared than the colonist volunteer soldiers. ... The southern states simply wanted to preserve a way of life. ... Wilson of Pennsylvania had to decide whether or not the colonies would become independent from Britain. ...

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Looking back at the Revolution, we saw the 13 American colonies revolted against their British rulers in 1775. ... In 1783 Great Britain signed a formal treaty recognizing the independence of the colonies. ... The other section was the South--11 Southern states that had seceded (withdrawn) from the Union and formed an independent government called the Confederate States of America. ... A Northern victory would mean ultimate freedom for slaves; a Southern victory would insure the protection of slavery in all Confederate states. ... Both wars were waged in the name of unity, the American...

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"The Continental Congress, which governed the colonies through the war, was dominated by rich men."" ... "The southern lower classes resisted being mobilized for the revolution. ... The colonies were already governing themselves with a degree of independence. Economically, the colonies had already developed trading relationships with other countries and smuggling happened regularly. ... Eventually, the 13 colonies would change into the America of today, with more equal rights and a more democratic government. ...

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The issue of slavery has been debated between the North and South since before the colonization of the thirteen colonies. ... The debate over the economic advantages of slavery in the South has raged ever since the first slaves began working in the cotton fields of the Southern States. ... Southern slaves were viewed in economic terms of labor to capital. ... Southern extremists opposed any limit on the extension of slavery, but settled for now. ... (Abbott) Throughout the rest of time before the Civil War, slavery remained in the Southern states. ...

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On July 4, 1776 the 13 colonies of the United States came together to form the Declaration of Independence in which it is clearly states: We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness- It's rather ironic how the passage ends on that note when in fact, for nearly 200 years African-Americans in the United States were used as slaves for the "white man." ... "Ex-slaves were encircled...

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The colonies needed to settle the issue of voting and representation. The southern states wanted their slaves to be counted towards their total population because this would give them greater representation in Congress. ... The King was responsible for maintaining and protecting slavery as an institution in the colonies. Naturally, objection and possible secession from the southern states forced the removal of that paragraph. ...

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The southern states of the time still relied heavily on slavery at the time, many colonist thought that this conflicted with natural rights. ... Paine indicated that the colonies are nothing more than a resource to Britain, fueling their wars and their economy. ...

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