The history of the United States

The history of the United States

The history of the United States since 1783, after the War of Independence, has emerged from the patch revolution Limited 13 states and labor no more than four million and it is the core that has experienced rapidly to become the greatest power in the world and the richest in over 150 years, while maintaining the superiority and power for over fifty years.The United States launched from the core to the Pacific Ocean at the expense of indigenous Indians, bought Louisiana from France in 1803 and took over Florida from Spain in 1819 and annexed Texas from Mexico in 1848 and has able in a short period of time to turn away from Mchernqh small country on the Atlantic coast to the state of the continent dominate the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and started a Konfedralaa union before they become a federal government, perhaps the train and the simplicity of the geographical composition may be helped by the success of this enlargement state, and thus the current borders were formed and stabilized by less than 150 yearsBefore colonialism:American Indians lived in America since the year 8000 BC, and formed many different cultures and peoples, farmers or fishermen by location. But their long history, is not considered part of the history of the United States within the meaning of the word, because the US borders were not present, and the founders of what we call the States United came after that of Europe.European colonialism time
Happened in the year 1492 two incidents superpowers: the fall of Granada in the hands of the Kingdom of Spain, the so-called discovery of America when Columbus arrived in the Bahamas. As mentioned, it was not the first man to reach America, and the first hit by the Atlantic Ocean, the Vikings came before him in Canada at least the beach. But he was the first to establish permanent links between America and other continents, it thousands of Europeans, soldiers, merchants and bishops and ordinary people followed even change the shape of the continent and defeated Great sound (and aided diseases in it, it was not for the people of America any immunity against many European diseases.)New settlers established colonies in the eastern part of North America, including small cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia. New York originally called New Amsterdam name compared to the first inhabitants, who were of Dutch origin. Many immigrants came to the United States in hopes of starting a new life in the New World. Population increased and expanded their settlements. And small towns have evolved into a large and prosperous citiesColony of Virginia:In the sixteenth century, one of the countries of Europe, North America did not colonize significantly, but he traveled fishermen for hunting, no housing, except in Florida, some Spaniards Vkdoss Bruges where a year after 1513. Some have tried to Aossoa new cities in North America, but the first of the British managed to establish his residence on the bank of the state of Virginia in 1607, and was named "Jamestown".In Central and South America, the Spaniards discovered huge amounts of gold, and the news spread throughout Europe. Most of the settlers at Jamestown expects the same and took for gold all day and stopped to any other company. The year 1607 saw the great famine, even when the Native Americans, a third of them died, others lived because of the leadership of a man named John Smith, ordered them permanent work and who does not punish atah, and set the Native American tribe Prince "Pauhatan" Vateke in search of food. The famous saying: "It does not work, does not eat!"I did not find gold, but in 1612 and found what looks like him! - Tobacco farming. Tobacco was originally a US plant, and Americans Indians smoked for centuries. But smoking has spread in Europe, and made large profits by traders. But tobacco need to support many operating and growing the number of some settlers, import Fbdúa workers and slaves, like what to do Mmeltsmo Caribbean Sea.The land was big in Virginia, and the cultivation of tobacco need a large space, settlers Stay away from each other, and we can live with his servants or services miles from its neighbor after. Most of them do not care about religion, for these reasons that the community was not related only slightly. In the second habitation in North America, one in New England, it was the opposite.Colony of New EnglandIn the sixteenth century, there were major problems in England between the militants and the rest of the categories, the Puritans wanted to change state law to prevent religion Mikhalv and is a Catholic government. They were also against the king, first because it was not a hard and secondly because they were considered all Christian believers are equal before God. And lost at the end of the English Civil War, some people have decided to religious Atbako their right in distant lands, they went to America. Gone are the first of a series of "pilgrims" (Pilgrims), and arrived in Massachusetts in 1620 and built the village "Plymouth". Food will last them they took with them, but helped the Americans Indians (especially the guy named "Scoanto"), they came to life and in the fall and found a great harvest, they settled festival with Indian Americans was to thank God for the harvest, and that was the origin of the American holiday Thanksgiving feastAmerican Revolution:For many years, America they considered British citizens and residents were forced to pay taxes to it. In 1773 the American rebellion population for the first time. The population of the city of Boston and refused to pay taxes to Britain in exchange for tea Estrada. In order to express their protest against the Americans threw tea boxes that arrived on the ship in port waters. This is called the event on behalf Boston Tea Party. Tea in Boston as the first step in the fight settlers in America for independence. Britain sent its army to quell the rebellion, Vohal merging the independence of the war on the United States.Factors of the American Revolution:

    Taxes: where trained Alfrudh taxes on the colonies a direct cause of the ignition of the American Revolution, the British government has stuck to its right to impose taxes on the colonies to increase the income of the treasury, the most important of these taxes: tax on sugar, and a stamp (stamp), because Americans they see that they are not obliged to pay any tax was not involved in the approval by the elected councils.

    Seven Years' War (from 1756-1763m): Americans are looking to get the rights and freedoms ofIn 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and the imposition of taxes that must be purchased colonies stamps be a tax on publications. One of the painters were in the colonies draw skull and crossbones symbol of death, to the right, to protest against the law. These changes have provoked angry reactions among the settlers who strongly opposed it, chanting the slogan "Taxation without representation is tyranny" and succeeded protest and the British Parliament abolished the Stamp Act in 1766.