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 1712 - 1793 (~ 80 years)
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| 1 | 1763 | - 1763: American Revolution begins
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| 2 | 1775 | - 1775—3 Sep 1783: American Revolutionary War
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| 3 | 1776 | - 4 Jul 1776: United States Declaration of Independence adopted
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| 4 | 1777 | - 16 Dec 1777: Virginia is the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation
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| 5 | 1781 | - 1 Mar 1781: The Articles of Confederation ratification completed
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| 6 | 1783 | - 3 Sep 1783: Treaty of Paris signed, ending the American Revolutionary War
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| 7 | 1787 | - 25 May 1787—17 Sep 1787: Philiadelphia Convention begins deliberating ways to improve the government
- 17 Sep 1787: Signing of proposed Constitution; Philadephia Convention is adjourned
- Dec 1787: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey are first U.S. states under the Constitution
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| 8 | 1788 | - 1788: Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York become U.S. states
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| 9 | 1789 | - 4 Mar 1789: The United States Constitution replaces the Articles of Confederation
- 21 Nov 1789: North Carolina becomes a U.S. state
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| 10 | 1790 | - 29 May 1790: Rhode Island becomes a U.S. state
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| 11 | 1791 | - 4 Mar 1791: Vermont becomes a U.S. state
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| 12 | 1792 | - 1 Jun 1792: Kentucky becomes a U.S. state
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