Everything I know about American history I learned from Fallout 3, my teacher was named Abraham Washington and he told me:

"On July the 4th 1776, a group calling themselves the Second Judgemental Congress got together at For McHarry in Maryland. After a ceremony which ended with Paul Revere singing the famous battle hymn known as the National Anthem, the document was signed. From there, it was sent to England by plane presumably and presented to King George himself. Thus began the Evolutionary War."
- Abraham Washington

He told me this after I managed to blast my way through DC and retrieve the Magna Carta, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence for him.