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CONTENTS (abridged list)
INTRODUCTION
LEE RESOLUTION (1776)
“Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776, introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the colonies.”
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1776)
“Although the section of the Lee Resolution dealing with independence was not adopted until July 2, Congress appointed on June 10 a committee of five to draft a statement of independence for the colonies.”
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (1777)
“This document served as the United States’ first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect.”
TREATY OF ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE (1778)
“According to this first military treaty of the new nation, the United States would provide for a defensive alliance to aid France should England attack, and neither France nor the United States would make peace with England until the independence of the United States was recognized.”
TREATY OF PARIS (1783)
“This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.”
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TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION (1964)
“This joint resolution of Congress (H.J. RES 1145) dated August 7, 1964, gave President Lyndon Johnson authority to increase U.S. involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam.”
