Sources: United States
Every source cited on this case’s published pages, with where it is used. Organisation and government sources are labelled as perspectives.
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Reference work · Independent publication
American Revolutionary War (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the Revolutionary War's casualty figures: roughly 6,800 American combat deaths and about 17,000 further deaths from disease (totalling roughly 25,000 US military deaths), 43,633 British military deaths, 7,774 German auxiliary deaths, and an estimated 25,000 civilian deaths; some sources cite American deaths as high as 70,000, likely from overlapping counts, so no single figure is treated as authoritative.
Cited on: United States, History: United States · Source record
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Intergovernmental document · Government perspective or primary official source
Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence: A Transcription (National Archives and Records Administration, 4 July 1776) link
Official transcription by the US National Archives of the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776.
Cited on: United States, History: United States · Source record
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Intergovernmental document · Government perspective or primary official source
Kingdom of Great Britain and United States of America, The Paris Peace Treaty of September 30, 1783 (Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 3 September 1783) link
Text of the Treaty of Paris, signed 3 September 1783, as reproduced by the Avalon Project, a Yale Law School digital archive of primary legal and diplomatic documents.
Cited on: United States, History: United States · Source record
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Reference work · Independent publication
The Articles of Confederation are ratified after nearly four years (History.com) link
Independent historical account, consulted via citation, of the Articles of Confederation, drafted and submitted to the states on 15 November 1777, ratified by all thirteen states after Maryland's approval on 1 March 1781 (delayed nearly four years by a dispute between Virginia and Maryland over western land claims), and taking effect the same day.
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