How had the size of the united states changed?
how had the population make-up of the united states changed?
what new innovations changed life in the united states?
what key events changed the united states?
how was citizenship defined during each time period? how was enfranchisement (the right to vote) defined?

The size of the us has changed from 13 states to 50

The colonies began fighting against Great Britain, but NOT as part of the revolutionary war, the protests began many years earlier. For example, Boston Tea Party was fighting against the Tea Act and occurred in 1773.

Washington didn't command the army until the next month of that year, he was appointed commander at the meeting

The colonists declared independence in 1776

George Washington didn't force the British to leave Boston until Dorchester Heights in 1776.