Table of Contents:
  • Before 1775: The road to revolution
  • 1775-1776: Independence
  • 1776-1778: War and a nascent nation
  • 1778-1782: Still more war and home-front activism
  • 1782-1787: Peace and diplomacy
  • 1787-1789: Constitution and the first election
  • After 1789: Raising a nation
  • Cast of characters.