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From Benjamin Franklin to John Quincy Adams, America’s earliest statesmen put national interest first.

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What would a person in Revolutionary America sound like? Early letters, documents, and diaries help us listen in.

But on July 4 1776, the United States of America was born. The ideas that found expression in the Declaration were not new.

French support for the American Revolution began well before the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. King Louis XVI ...