IN CONTEXT
The American Revolution
1773 Boston Tea Party protests tax on tea imports.
1775 Armed clashes take place between patriot militia and British forces.
1777 British defeat at Saratoga persuades France to support the American rebels.
1781 The British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.
1783 Britain recognizes American independence.
1787 Drafting of the Constitution begins.
1789 George Washington is elected as the first president of the United States.
1790 The US Constitution is ratified.
There has been no more daring assertion of statehood than that proclaimed by the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Second Continental Congress ...
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