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 Indigenous peoples of the United States or portions thereof, such as American Indians from the contiguous United States and Alaska Natives. The United...

to be the seal of the United States."). A modified version of Charles Thomson's proposal for the Great Seal of the United States on June 20, 1782, with...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 national flag of the United States (Spanish: Bandera Nacional de Estados Unidos), often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists...

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

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...

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...

The Great Seal is a national symbol of the United States. 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...

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 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...

mission of the United States in Paris in 1779. On April 19, 1782, John Adams was received by the States-General and the Dutch Republic as they were the first...

vice presidents of the United States since the office was created in 1789. Originally, the vice president was the person who received the second-most votes...

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...

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);...

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

Monarchism in the United States is the advocacy of a monarchical form of government in the United States of America. During the American Revolution a significant...

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...

In the United States, a sheriff is the chief of law enforcement of a county. Sheriffs are usually either elected by the populace or appointed by an elected...

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...

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