The War of Independence began in the 1775. The colonies in America declared a war on Great Britain. The colonies in America won the Revolutionary War in the 1783. After the war the young country faced the problem of a strong national government. The US constitution was written in Philadelphia by the representatives of all the states. The US government can be compared with a tree because the trunk is the people and the branches are the Congress, the President with his helpers and the Supreme Court. The US Congress is a meeting of representatives of all the states which is divided into two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state sends two people to the Senate no matter how large or small it is. All the states send people to the House of Representatives and their number depends on the population of the state.
As you know the colonies in America won the Revolutionary War (the War of Independence 1775-1783). After that they became free and independent states, but they had a problem: they needed; one strong national government. That's why in the year 1787 all the states sent their representatives to Philadelphia where they wrote the Constitution. The Constitution is the highest law in the United States which describes the powers of the national government and the powers of the state governments. The trunk is the people. It holds up the tree: without the support of the people there can be no government. People choose the men who make American laws. The first branch on the tree of government is the Congress. The Congress is a meeting of representatives from all states. The people elect those representatives. The US President is Commander in Chief of the country's armed forces. A person who wants to become President must be born in the United States, must be at least 35 years old and must live in the United States for at least 14 years before becoming President. In 1920, the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. In 1971, the 26th amendment gave people 18 years old and older the right to vote.
The War of Independence began in the 1775. The colonies in America declared a war on Great Britain. The colonies in America won the Revolutionary War in the 1783. After the war the young country faced the problem of a strong national government. The US constitution was written in Philadelphia by the representatives of all the states. The US government can be compared with a tree because the trunk is the people and the branches are the Congress, the President with his helpers and the Supreme Court. The US Congress is a meeting of representatives of all the states which is divided into two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state sends two people to the Senate no matter how large or small it is. All the states send people to the House of Representatives and their number depends on the population of the state.