history of united states

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The history of united state is what happened in the past in the united state,a country in northern America, native Americans have lived for thousands of years English people in 1607 went to the place now called Jamestown,Virginia, other European stteler went to the colonies mostly from England and later great Britain.
France,Spain, and the Netherlands also colonized north America.

In 1775, a war between the thirteen colonies and Britain began, when the colonists were upset over changes in British policies. On July 4, 1776,rebel leaders made the united state declaration of independence. They won the revolutionary war and started a new country bill of right in 1791. George Washington,who had led the war became its first president.

During the 19th century,the united state gained much more land in the west and began to become industrialized.
In 1861, several state in the South Left the united States to start a new country called the confederation states of America
This caused American civil war. After the war immigration resumed same American became very rich in this gilded age and the country developed of the largest economies in the world.

In the early 20th century,the united states became a world power,fighting in world war 1 and world war2. Between the wars, there was an economic boom called the roaring twenties when people became Rich and bust called the great depression when most were poorer. The great depression ended with world war 11.

The united state and Soviet Union entered the cold war. This included wars in Korea and Vietnam,during the time, African-Amricans,Chicanos, and women sought more rights. In 1970s and 1980s, united states started to make fewer things in factories. The country then went through the worst recession it had since the depression. At the end of the 1980s the cold war ended, helping the united States out of recession. The middle East became more important in American foreign policy,especially after the September 11 attacks in 2001180px-Flag_of_the_United_States_(1777-1795).svg.png

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