id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4393 Confederation Period - Wikipedia .html text/html 11264 1235 62 The American Revolutionary War broke out against British rule in April 1775 with the Battles of Lexington and Concord.[1] The Second Continental Congress met in May 1775, and established an army funded by Congress and under the leadership of George Washington, a Virginian who had fought in the French and Indian War.[2] On July 4, 1776, as the war continued, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.[3] At exactly the same time that Congress declared independence, it also created a committee to craft a constitution for the new nation. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4393.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4393.txt