The story of the United States of America begins on July 4, 1776.

One year after the Battle of Lexington launched the American Revolution, the American colonists had exhausted their efforts to negotiate a more workable arrangement with the English crown, specifically King George III. With all efforts - shy of separation - having failed, the colonists did the deed.

On July 4, 1776, the colonists issued the Declaration of Independence which announced a complete and irrevocable break from Great Britain. While the kinetic fighting of the Revolution would continue for another eight years, Britain would ultimately surrender and acknowledge the United States of America as a sovereign nation. The Treaty of Paris, signed September 2, 1783, was the final divorce decree between America and the crown.

Welcome to the Savvy Citizen podcast, I'm your host, attorney Kelley Keller, and I take the awe out of the law. The Savvy Citizen podcast is for ordinary Americans seeking to get back to the basics of America's founding, the U.S. Constitution, the government it creates, and the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship. We'll take a deep dive into various parts of American life and "why it is the way it is" by talking with the melting pot of everyday Americans from all walks of life and worldviews.

In this inaugural episode, we're going back to basics and will get our footing by exploring America's founding documents.

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