"Give me liberty, or give me death!".
June 12, 1776.
This seems to have been dreams come true for all the citizens of our new ever so blooming colony. The people have finally accomplished freedom. The only question is, what do we do now? The colony must be rebuilt, and created. Today in the Virginia Times, you will be updated on the progress of our beautiful colonies.
The United States has had to start all over again. No longer is Britain running the government, so now a new government must be appointed, starting with head over each colony, and one ruler over all. A new president had to be appointed, a new flag made, a new government formed, and new laws must be established and have a way to be maintained. Each colony will play a part in the new constitution and laws of The United States of America. No longer did Americans need to pay British taxes.
Each state now had its own constitution. The constitution of each state gave rights, such as the right to vote. This right was mostly given to white male taxpayers, or people with a certain amount of property. The property was easily accessible so 70 percent of men could vote. The government has also created the legislative branch. This lets the people vote on which they want to protect their rights. The voters also have full authority to remove them from office if they feel the legislative representative is not doing his job. Although, people are finding it hard to trust this new government, as they had been abused while Britain was ruling. .
The ruler of each colony is called a governor, and because of power issues, they were only allowed to stay in office for one year. Governors have no part in law making, that is left up to the legislature, although he could refuse to approve, but the law would usually still pass. Massachusetts has decided to align it's governmental standings differently though, making legislative and judicial equal.