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When the first European colonists arrived in North America, an independent America was likely inevitable, but it was 160 years in the making. Independence and the United States of America had a number of causes. Some of these are discussed in the CW section about America's Heritage.

The period between the Treaty of Paris in 1763, that ended the conflict between England and France, and the signing of the treaty that granted American independence in 1783 was a time of increasing discontent between colonial America and England. In 1763, with hostilities with France at an end, King and Parliament turned attention to the colonies. It was not welcome attention in America. The pride that colonists took in their association with England was at an all time high in 1763. Thirteen years later, in 1776, representatives of each of the colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, giving notice that they would separate from England. Seven years after that, independence was secured.

This category is the place to assign sub-categories and articles about events and ideas in the period between 1763 and the winning of America's independence that created and shaped the United States of America.

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