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Seven years after the war ended, the Constitution went into effect, and the United States became in truth a nation.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the significance of the Constitution in unifying the United States after the Revolutionary War.

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