Events from the year 1782 in the United States President of the Confederation Congress: John Hanson (until November 4), Elias Boudinot (starting November...

independence from the British Empire, and after victory in the Revolutionary War combined to form the United States of America. The American Revolution...

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral...

The second siege of Fort Henry took place from September 11 to 13, 1782, during the American Revolutionary War. A force of about 300 Wyandot, Shawnee...

Great Seal of the United States on June 20, 1782, with a bald eagle in the center, was adopted by the Continental Congress on June 20, 1782. Bruce E. Beans...

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...

In this list of presidents of the United States by age, the first table charts the age of each president of the United States at the time of presidential...

Americans, are the Indigenous peoples of the land that the United States of America is located on. At its core, it includes peoples indigenous to the lower 48...

related to 1782. 1782 (MDCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar...

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal...

passed in most Northern states and a movement developed to abolish slavery. The role of slavery under the United States Constitution (1789) was the most...

Britain, played a role in the independence of the United States. Spain declared war on Britain as an ally of France, itself an ally of the American colonies...

This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial...

The Great Seal is the seal of the United States of America. The phrase is used both for the impression device itself, which is kept by the United States...

many such confrontations after the Siege of Yorktown to occur before the British evacuated Charleston in December 1782. Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens...

Pennsylvania, under the command of David Williamson, on March 8, 1782, at the Moravian missionary village of Gnadenhutten, Ohio Country, during the American Revolutionary...

The vice president of the United States is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the United States federal government after the president...

the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States. The...

The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous...

Finance of the United States. Morris used a French loan in 1782 to set up the private Bank of North America to finance the war. He reduced the civil list...

give the states of primary affiliation and of birth for each president of the United States. Twenty-one states have the distinction of being the birthplace...

aside from a few considerations in the 1780s, there has not been any serious movement supporting monarchy in the United States although a small number of prominent...

In the United States, banking had begun by the 1780s, along with the country's founding. It has developed into a highly influential and complex system...

the oldest buildings in the United States and its territories. The list includes sites in current states and territories which were not part of the original...

The Episcopal Church (TEC), also officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide...

holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States) to distinguish...

The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776...

The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating...

The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations. This includes all United Nations members and observer states other than Bhutan, Iran...

Monroe, elected to the Virginia legislature (1782); member of the Continental Congress (1783–1786); fifth president of the United States for two terms (1817–1825);...