US independence from Britain, two invades and 'special relations'

British troops surrender to US forces in 1781

Every year the United States celebrates its independence from Britain on July 4, when Congress declared independence from the United Kingdom on the same day in 1776.

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Congress voted for independence from Britain on July 2, 1776, but in consultation with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and William Livingstone, the revision of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson was completed within the next two days.

 

Did not happen Initially, Independence Day was celebrated like a king's birthday with bells, fireworks, processions, and speeches. Before and after the birth of the United States of America, 

there have been several turning points in US-British relations, some of which have been tense but at times friendly.

Let's see how the relations between the two nations have been.

Boston Tea Party (1773)

The controversy over the taxation of British colonies in the United States had been going on for a long time, 

and after the passage of the T-Act 1773 in the British Parliament, it began to be openly debated. 

The law favored the almost bankrupt British East India Company rather than the local merchants in the American colonies, so the American colonies boycotted British tea.

When three East India Company ships docked in Boston, 50 people disguised as Mohawk tribesmen boarded the ships and threw all the tea into the sea. 

This event is called the Boston Tea Party.


The invade of Independence and its aftermath

The British reaction to the Boston Tea Party and other issues made matters worse. 

The inhabitants of the British colonies in the United States declared first a revolution in 1775 and then a invade against the British Crown. In late November 1782, British and American negotiators signed a peace treaty in Paris, and on September 3, 1783, Britain recognized American independence in the Paris Agreement.

Henry Musler's painting "Birth of the Flag", in which Betsy Russia and her companions fly the first American flag in 1777 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

But invade broke out again between the two sides in 1812, and things did not return to normal as the White House and Capitol Hill were burned down by the British. During the invade, Francis Scott Key wrote his famous poem, The Star Springland Banner, which later became the national anthem of the United States.

American Civil invade, 1861-1865

Britain formally declared neutrality during the American Civil invade, but British ships provided arms and supplies to the rebel southern states.

And the matter turned into a diplomatic crisis when the British ship Trent was captured while carrying delegations from the southern states and the US Union authorities arrested the rebel delegations on the British ship. 

It was a violation of maritime law and almost sparked a invade between Britain and the United States, but negotiations between the two sides resolved the issue.


World invade I, 1914 to 1918

The United States remained out of the invade for a long time during World invade I, but joined the invade in 1917 when German ships became a major threat to the United States in the Atlantic Ocean and many American ships sank. 

The arrival of American forces in Europe in 1918 greatly helped the Allies, including Britain, but the Americans suffered heavy casualties.


The Wall Street Crash of 1929

Between the First and Second World invades, the United States pursued a policy of isolation and preferred to distance itself from European affairs. But the collapse of Wall Street in 1929 took a heavy toll on Europe's fragile economies. 

This is believed to be the reason why the saying, "If the United States sneezes, the flu spreads to Europe."

George Washington, leader of the American invade of Independence

World invade II and beyond

The United States did not participate in World invade II, which began in 1939 and lasted until 1945, until 1941. 

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He decided to join the invade when Japan bombed the port of Pearl Harbor. 

Once again, the US military's involvement in the invade turned the tide, but the British people were angry about why the Americans did not join the invade until 1941. 

Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill first used the phrase "special relations" in 1946. 

This was because the two countries were united against Nazi Germany and against the Soviet Union after World invade II.

This phrase reflects the relationship between US President Franklin D.

 Roosevelt and Churchill during World invade II. 

In addition to working out military and diplomatic strategies, the two leaders became close friends and exchanged thousands of phone calls and letters.


The Vietnam invade of 1965-1973

Despite differences between British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and US President John F. Kennedy,

 the young President Kennedy benefited greatly from the suggestions of experienced British politicians on the Cuban Missile Crisis and other Cold invade issues. 

But under British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and US President London Johnson, relations between the two countries have not always been cordial. 

Wilson opposed the deployment of British troops to Vietnam and limited personal ties to 15 years.

Churchill and Roosevelt at the Casablanca Conference in 1943 

Thatcher and Reagan

Personal relations reached new heights under British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan. 

The two began to see their ideological partner in each other. 

Because of the close relationship between the two, they avoided a conflict of interest. 

But when the United States invaded Grenada without warning, Britain did not join. 

It was Margaret Thatcher who described Mikhail Gorbachev as the person she could work with. 

Together, they laid the groundwork for a new era in global relations.

The Gulf invade in 1991
 
It was a very successful period for this alliance, but when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, Margaret Thatcher told George Bush Sr. not to show weakness to me now. But when John Major took over the British presidency and Bill Clinton took over the US presidency, relations soured again.

 There were suspicions that John Major's Conservative Party had leaked the Oxford Files to Clinton's political opponents.


Tony Blair and Bill Clinton

Like Thatcher and Reagan, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton's political and personal friendship grew quickly. 

Clinton's campaign team backed Tony Blair in the 1997 British general election, and the two leaders later worked together on Northern Ireland, the Balkans and Kosovo. 

Blair continued his friendship with Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. 

After the strong relationship between Clinton and Blair, many expressed fears that the election of George W. Bush would lead to a breakdown in US-British relations, but Blair refrained from uttering a single negative word against George W. Bush. That people should not doubt their intelligence.


September attacks and beyond

After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, Britain immediately announced its support for the United States, and Tony Blair continued to support Bush in the Iraq invade. 

"We must remain America's closest ally, not because we are strong, but because we share the same values," Blair said. In March 2010, under British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and US President Barack Obama, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British House of Commons stated: The use of this phrase (special relationship) can be misleading and we recommend avoiding its use.

The Committee noted that the repeated use of this phrase by some politicians and media professionals undermines its value and exaggerates the British hopes of benefiting from these relations. 

The committee said the connection was to Britain's support for former President George W. Bush in the Iraq invade.


Boris Johnson's relationship with Trump and Biden

When Boris Johnson took over as Prime Minister in July 2019, Woody Johnson, the former US ambassador to Britain, said "the relationship between Britain and the United States will be strong." He told the BBC that the style of leadership of US President Donald Trump and Boris Johnson was very similar and that both had a desire to 'get things done'.

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