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SCOUT· 68%1h 16m·2026-06-23·History444 How Independence Happened, Part 2: The Model Treaty
Ben Franklin's World
Declaring independence on July 2, 1776 was only the beginning. To actually become a nation, the United States needed something else: foreign allies, international recognition, and the credibility to negotiate as an equal among the world's great powers. Five days after Richard Henry Lee introduced his famous Virginia…
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