Founding of the United States

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historical event political process

The Founding of the United States was the late-18th-century process by which the American colonies declared independence from Britain, fought the Revolutionary War, and established a new constitutional republic.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
American Founding Era	7
Founding of the United States canonical	4
Founding Era of the United States	2
American Founding era	1
American independence	1
Founding era of the United States	1
History of the United States (1776–1789)	1
Independence of the United States	1
United States independence movement	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political process ⓘ
cause	American colonial resistance to British taxation ⓘ Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ desire for self-government ⓘ lack of colonial representation in the British Parliament ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor	French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryCreated	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1789 ⓘ 1791 ⓘ
followedBy	Early national period of the United States ⓘ Era of Good Feelings NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	American Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ American Revolutionary era ⓘ Articles of Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill of Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederation period NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	checks and balances ⓘ federalism ⓘ individual rights ⓘ limited government ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ republicanism ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
influencedBy	English Bill of Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ John Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ Montesquieu NERFINISHED ⓘ classical republicanism ⓘ
location	British America NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	King George III NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Alexander Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ James Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	creation of a federal republic ⓘ creation of a presidential system of government ⓘ creation of a separation of powers system ⓘ establishment of a written constitution ⓘ independence of the United States from Great Britain ⓘ recognition of the United States by European powers ⓘ
significantEvent	Annapolis Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Lexington and Concord NERFINISHED ⓘ Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Yorktown NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Paris 1783 NERFINISHED ⓘ ratification of the Bill of Rights ⓘ ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
startTime	1765 ⓘ 1775 ⓘ

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