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May 9 – The first session of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 ends and charters Johnston County Court House as Smithfield. May 14 – The Treasurer of the United Colonies changes to the Treasurer of the United States. [5] May 16 – Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia.
December 18 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking October's victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga. December 19 – American Revolutionary War – George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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 novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution , the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America , between 1776 and 1789.
About 60,000 Loyalists migrated to other British territories in Canada and elsewhere, but the great majority remained in the United States. With its victory in the American Revolution, the United States became the first constitutional republic in world history founded on the consent of the governed and the rule of law.
Louis XVI previously stated that he recognized the sovereignty of the United States on December 6, 1777 but he had not signed the treaty. [6] The Netherlands: April 19, 1782: The first official acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the United States of America was on November 16, 1776, when the first foreign salute [7] was
Historians describe two waves of feminism in history: ... 1777– All states pass laws which take away women's ... Ada H. Kepley becomes the first woman in the United States to graduate from law ...
The New Nation: A History of the United States during the Confederation, 1781-1789. Northeastern University Press. ISBN 9780930350147. Jensen, Merrill (1943). "The Idea of a National Government During the American Revolution". Political Science Quarterly. 58 (3): 356– 379. doi:10.2307/2144490. JSTOR 2144490. Jillson, Calvin & Wilson, Rick K ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...