Prior to that, it was known as the “United Colonies,” among other variations. The final version of the Declaration of Independence begins with the phrase: “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen ...

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An estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, and 17,000 more combatants died from diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and influenza. The British suffered 24,000 casualties from the war, ...