The flag today compose of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red with 6 white stripes alternating. The stripes represent the original 13 colonies, the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colors of the flag are very symbolic. Nobody has the knowledge to know what the colors represents but we believe red represents hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice. The flag also represents the people, land, government, and the ideals of the United States.
The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that rebelled against the British monarchy and became the first states in the Union. The first 2 people who have designed the flag were Betsy Ross from Philadelphia and Fancies Hopkinson from New Jersey. Betsy Ross was the one who got credit for making the flag because she had a recite and Hopkins didn’t .
ACL1107 American History I American Declaration İndepence American Declaration Indepence was written by Thomas Jefferson and It was accepted by committee including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin,Robert R.Livingston and Roger Sherman on July 4,1776.This declaration’s aim was that 13 North American colonies announce their indepences with separation from Britain.Thanks to declaration of İndepence,this 13 colonies announced their indepence all over the world and set up the United States of America.After founding the United States of America, they legally declared war against Britain.The basic aim of declaration is to provide people rights of equality,happiness and natural rights.This declaration begins with this important quatation: “ When in the Course of human events,it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decant respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” This quatation shows the purpose of the declaration to declare publicy the Americans will of seperation from the British Empire.
The Articles of Confederation is our nation’s first constitution. The Articles created an alliance of friendship between 13 sovereign nations, and the Constitution created a scheme of federalism allowing the federal government
13 is a prime number. 13 is special to the United States because it represents the original 13 colonies. The American flag has 13 stripes. There are 13 cards of each suit in a deck of playing cards. When thinking of the number 13, it really is just another number.
Kenneth Nicole Dr. John Smith Hist 1507 18 February 2014 Exam 1 Essay, 46 Pages Chapter 1 Declaration of Independence Summary As we all know that the Declaration of Independence was and still is so important to America because it formally declared that the thirteen colonies of North America were free and independent from British monarch. It was the beginning of the American Revolution, and formation of the federal government and a new United States of America. Shortly before Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paine wrote the Common Sense which first printed in December 1775 and published to the mass audiences in February 1776. At the time of its publication in January 1776, Independence from England was still a goal that had not been decided upon and the process of creating a declaration was still in a heated debate between the delegates at the second Continental Congress. Paine pointed out why America should pursue independence from England.
Why A Constitution? In 1787, The United States Constitution was written after 13 former British colonies had declared their independence and created a union between the 13 states during a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (National Archives, 2008). The Constitution was established to form the national government and to define the rights and liberties of the American citizens. In reading the Constitution, the theme shows a clear and concise set of rules for the formation of laws on how to run a country. As such, the language was written with an absence of flourish and with a clear and direct purpose so that future readers may be able to glean direct instructions on how to build a county.
It all started one bright sunny day in 1602 when three large ships arrived at new land… These settlers landed at Jamestown, Virginia, and the first English colony in America was founded. By 1773, the colonial population of 2.5 million people had divided into 13 colonies which each developed its own government and jealously defended its independence. Even though the colonies each
Today, there are still 13 stripes – 7 red and 6 white. Interestingly, the phrase “July the Fourth” has 13 letters. The Great Seal of the US features an eagle with 13 tail feathers holding 13 olive branches with 13 olives in one talon and 13 arrows in the other. There are also 13 stars above the eagle’s head and 13 stripes on the flag covering the bird’s body. These are just a few of the examples where the number 13
Gosnold, and other important men in London organized the Virginia Company of London and were granted a charter by king James 1 on April 10, 1606 to establish a colony in Virginia. In December 1606, the company dispatched three ships carrying 104 settlers, including Captain Smith, to start this colony. Established on May 13, 1607, the colony was named Jamestown, in honor of the king. It became the first English settlement in North America and first of 13 English colonies that won independence from England and became the first 13 states of the United States of America. Jamestown’s fate hung in balance, for many years, and some historians credit Jamestown’s survival on the efforts of John Smith.