• 1776 is celebrated in the United States as the official beginning of the nation, with the Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies from the...
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    The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a...
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    region was the true custodian of the legacy of 1776. The United States Bicentennial in 1976 came a year after the American withdrawal from the Vietnam War...
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    and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second...
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    comprising the Thirteen Colonies in 1775 and 1776, before and as independence was declared. Continental currency banknotes displayed the name 'The United Colonies'...
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    The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence...
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    independence from the British Empire, and after victory in the Revolutionary War combined to form the United States of America. The American Revolution...
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    July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States in 1850. The National...
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    The physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence spans from its original drafting in 1776 into the discovery of historical documents...
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    the United States U.S. territorial sovereignty Compact of Free Association The original 13 states became sovereign in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United...
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