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Facts & Figures:
Revolution and Independence

Year		Population (total number)
Population
1770		2 148 000
1790		3 929 200
1810		7 239 900

Population 1630 - 2000 Immigration 1821 - 2004

	Geography The original thirteen colonies were: Virginia (1607), Massachusetts (1620), New York (1626), Maryland (1633), Rhode Island (1636), Connecticut (1636), Delaware (1638), New Hampshire (1638), North Carolina (1652), South Carolina (1663), New Jersey (1664), Pennsylvania (1682), Georgia (1732). All were admitted to statehood in 1787 - 1789. Shortly after independence, Vermont (1791), Kentucky (1792) and Tennessee (1796) were admitted to statehood. Land Area 1790 - 2000 Statehood

	Money American colonists issued paper currency to finance the Revolutionary War. Without solid backing and easily counterfeited, the notes quickly became devalued. After independence, there was at first a curious hodgepodge of coins and a bewildering variety of state and national paper bills. In 1785, the Continental Congress adopted the dollar as the unit for national currency. The U.S. Constitution established that the entire nation was a unified or "common" market. The federal government could regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states; establish uniform bankruptcy laws; coin money and regulate its value. The U.S. Mint, which makes all U.S. coins, was established by Congress in 1792. The first American coins were struck in 1793. Prices: 1860 - 1890 \| 1900 - 1999 Price Index Value of the Dollar 1800 - 2000

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Updated: April 2006