History of the Formation of United States

Background

The country now called United States of America (United States of America) emerged from the British colonization of North America, starring British immigrants who founded waves, between the XVII and XVIII, Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic coast of the subcontinent U.S., located east of the Appalachians. These colonies were among the French possessions of Quebec and Louisiana. After a rather peaceful development of the settlers, the wars against the French in the north forced the creation of colonial corps, one of the first expressions of national identity. Later, encouraged by the ideas of the encyclopedic French, uprisings came as the Boston Tea Party in the port of Boston (1773) (John, 210).

The British government crackdown led to the start of the War of Independence. The settlers formed an army of militia that were under the command of George Washington, who struggled to equip his men with arms and ammunition, besides not having a fleet to fight the British Empire, so called for help to France, who just left the Seven Years War and who agreed to help the British colonies in their emancipation.

Important Events That Contributed To the Formation of United States

1. Boston Tea Party

This event is considered a pioneer in the American War of Independence against the European colonies.

2. Final Independence from Spain and Portugal

The Spanish American war led to the downfall of all the Spanish colonies and all of America was freed by 1898(Tindall, 145).

3. American Civil War

The American Civil War is one of the most important events in the history of America. It was mainly a fight between Confederacy and the Union.

4. Wright Brothers

Wright brothers are regarded as the pioneers of aviation in 1900; they gave mankind the idea of building a flying plane.

5. Equal Rights

Blacks rose to gain equal rights in the country and it was the beginning of a movement that abolished racial discrimination to a larger extent.

6. World War I

The US had maintained a neutral stand in the war.

7. The Great Economic Depression

It destroyed the American economy to a large extent (Hamby, 90).

8. Pearl Harbor Attack

The US was mainly an outside watcher during the war, but the attack on Pearl Harbor made it enter the World War 2. It was the only country which was the atomic power holder, and it used that power (Kennedy, 615).

9. Formation of United Steel

In 1901, J.P. Morgan starts his company United States Steel ...