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Independence was declared July 4th, 1776
In London as political support for the war plummeted after Yorktown, Prime Minister Lord North resigned in March 1782. In April 1782, the Commons voted to end the war in America. Preliminary peace articles were signed in Paris at the end of November, 1782; the formal end of the war did not occur until the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, and the United States Congress of the Confederation ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784. The last British troops left New York City on November 25, 1783.Britain negotiated the Paris peace treaty without consulting her Native American allies and ceded all Native American territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River to the United States. Full of resentment, Native Americans reluctantly confirmed these land cessions with the United States in a series of treaties, but the fighting would be renewed in conflicts along the frontier in the coming years, the largest being the Northwest Indian War.
The founding of the United States of America can be variously dated from the British colonial period or the Revolutionary War. The formal Declaration of Independence was announced on July 4, 1776. The Treaty of Paris, which acknowledged the US victory in the Revolutionary War, was signed on September 3, 1783. The adoption of the US Constitution, the basis for the current national government, was on September 17, 1787. It was considered ratified by the vote of the 9th state, New Hampshire, on June 21, 1788, and by the 13th state, Rhode Island, on May 29, 1790. The new US government began its operation on March 4, 1789.
07 December 1941-02 September 1945. Approximately 3 years and 9 months.
The US declared independence on 4 July 1776, but gained independence officially in September 3 1783. So as of 14 August 2011, the US is considered to be 235 years old, but is officially 227 years old.