This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
History of the United States (1776–1789)


00:00:51 1 Background
00:02:53 2 American Revolution
00:03:02 2.1 George Washington's roles
00:06:24 2.2 Military hostilities begin
00:08:15 2.3 Invasion of Canada
00:08:55 2.4 Declaration of Independence
00:10:28 2.5 Campaigns of 1776 and 1777
00:13:20 2.6 The British move South, 1778–1783
00:15:10 2.7 Peace and memory
00:17:33 3 Critical Period: 1783–1789
00:18:24 3.1 Articles of Confederation
00:23:44 3.2 Constitutional Convention
00:26:14 3.3 Struggle for ratification
00:29:34 4 See also



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Between 1776 and 1789, the United States of America emerged as an independent country, creating and ratifying its new constitution and establishing its national government. In order to assert their traditional rights, American Patriots seized control of the colonies and launched a war for independence. The Americans declared independence on July 4, 1776, proclaiming "all men are created equal". Congress raised the Continental Army under the command of General George Washington, forged a military alliance with France and defeated the two main British invasion armies. Nationalists replaced the governing Articles of Confederation to strengthen the federal government's powers of defense and taxation with the Constitution of the United States of America in 1789, still in effect today.