They declared independence in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence.
However, they were not actually their own nation until the end of the Revolutionary War, in 1783.
1776
1776
1776
1776
1776
The American colonists declared independence from England in 1776. This came after the American Revolution.
1827
1540 was the year the colonists found Georgia.
Feb. 1990
Australia did not declare war on Siberia.
The colonists came to think of themselves as "Americans" for several reasons. The first is that many times, once a group of colonists had settled in the New World, England gave them short shrift. They had to learn to fend for themselves, and become greatly independent of in tht they had to learn how to make or grow the things they needed. Second, England tried to tax the colonies to death for the goods they did deliver, but were not wiling to give the colonists any say in what taxes were levied.
The colonists were ready to stand up for themselves. Colonists decided to become independent of Mother England, developing their own country. The French and Indian war that was a seven-year war between the years 1754-1763. The war was fought between the British colonies and New France.