History of the United States

The flag of the United States during the American Revolution
The history of the United States is what happened in the past in the United States, a country in North America. Native Americans have lived there for thousands of years. English people in 1607 went to the place now called Jamestown, Virginia. Other European settlers went to the colonies, mostly from England and later Great Britain. France, Spain, and the Netherlands also colonized North America. Many Native Americans were killed, died of disease or lost their land.
By 1733, there were 13 colonies. In 1775, a war between the colonies and Britain called the Revolutionary War started. This war started because the American colonists were upset over changes in British policies. On July 4, 1776, people from the thirteen colonies created the United States Declaration of Independence. This said that they were free from Great Britain. They won the war.
Pre-Columbian America
Colonial America
American Revolution
The Federal period (1781–1815)
Expansion, industrialization and slavery (1815–1861)
The Mexican–American War
Civil War
Reconstruction and the Gilded Age
Progressive era and imperialism
World War I
Boom and bust (1919–1939)
The "Roaring Twenties"
The Great Depression
World War II
Postwar era (1945–1991)
Cold War
Domestic and social issues
Reagan Era
Post-Cold War and beyond (1991–present)
Post-Cold War era
1st century
Bush presidency
Obama presidency
Trump presidency
A changing country
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