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.
Declaration of Independence, an 1819 portrait by John Trumbull, shows the Committee of Five submitting its draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Preamble through Article V of the Articles of Confederation
The Constitutional Convention was convened in the old Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, now known as Independence Hall.
A one dollar continental banknote in 1776
Treaty of Alliance (1778)
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The Treaty of Alliance, also known as the Franco-American Treaty, was a defensive alliance between the Kingdom of France and the United States formed amid the American Revolutionary War with Great Bri
Benjamin Franklin's celebrity-like status in France helped win French support for the United States during the American Revolutionary War.
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull, 1820
Franco American treaty of alliance 6 feb 1778
Franco American treaty 1778