美国第二次大陆议的背景.pptVIP

New Jersey Around 180 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, New Jersey bordered North Africa. During the English Civil War the Channel Island of Jersey remained loyal to the Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. Since the states inception, New Jersey has been characterized by ethnic and religious diversity New Jersey was populated by a secondary wave of settlement from communities already established on the North American continent The New Jersey Constitution of 1776 was passed July 2, 1776, just two days before the Second Continental Congress declared American Independence from Great Britain. It was an act of the Provincial Congress, which made itself into the state Legislature. To reassure neutrals, it provided that it would become void if New Jersey reached reconciliation with Great Britain. New Jersey today is often referred to as The Crossroads of the Revolution.“ Because during the American Revolutionary War, British and American armies crossed New Jersey numerous times, and several pivotal battles took place in the state. Delaware Lower Counties on the Delaware initially showed little enthusiasm for a break with Britain. The citizenry had a good relationship with the Proprietary government, and generally were allowed more independence of action in their Colonial Assembly than in other colonies. Merchants at the port of Wilmington had trading ties with the British. Many colonial settlers came to Delaware from Maryland and Virginia, which had been experiencing a population boom. The economies of these colonies were chiefly based on tobacco culture and were increasingly dependent on slave labor for its intensive cultivation. Maryland Most of the English colonists arrived in Maryland as indentured servants, hiring themselves out as laborers for a fixed period to pay for their passage. On February 2, 1781, Maryland became the 13th state to approve the ratification of the Articles of Confederation which brought into being the United States as a united, sov