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    In Congress, July 4, 1776

    The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, …

    America didn’t begin with the signing of the Constitution.

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      It absolutely did. Those states still operated as independent entities. They were united on the issue of declaring independence. Until the Constitution was signed, the states were not united as a nation.