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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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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Seven years after the war ended, the Constitution went into effect, and the United States became in truth a nation.”
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Roosevelt emphasizes the significance of the Constitution in unifying the United States after the Revolutionary War.
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