In 1776 he was appointed to the newly independent state's supreme court.

The newly independent nation got off to an extravagant start.

The town came under the control of newly independent Mexico in 1821.

These provided the newly independent nation with a working constitution at short notice.

Texas became a part of the newly independent nation without a shot being fired.

His state became part of the newly independent India in 1948.

In 1947 it became part of the newly independent Pakistan.

I was part of an observer team during a presidential campaign in a newly independent country.

That left the newly independent country of 52 million people without experience in managing the government budget or the economy.

In the 1820s, newly independent Mexico assumed control of the area.