Short Story About History The founding of the United States

The history of the founding of the United States (USA / United States of America) is interesting to note because America is the world's super power which controls the economy, military, and technological world.
United States located in the middle of the North American continent, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Country United States stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast to the Pacific Ocean on the west coast, including the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the state of Alaska on the northern tip of the Americas, and several other territories.
The first settler in what is now the United States came from Asia about 15,000 years ago. They crossed the Bering land bridge into Alaska. Furthermore, Native Americans settled in the region for thousands of years. In 1492, Christopher Columbus reached America. English people then settled in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. These settlements are considered as the first settlements in the United States. Furthermore, the United States continues visited by English people. French, Spanish, and Dutch also settled in some of the United States. The development of British colonies end up not good for Native Americans, because many of those who died from the disease, and they lost their country.

United States formed from 13 former British colonies after the American Revolution after the declaration of independence on July 4, 1776. This war started because the colonists felt unfairly treated by the British.

After the Revolution, the United States face many problems, like slavery. In the 1800s, the U.S. gained a lot of territory and began industrialized. From 1861 until 1865, the American Civil War raged between the North and South. This war was caused by disputes over states' rights, slavery, and the future of the United States. Several Southern states left the United States and founded the Confederacy.

North won the war, and countries that have left the union returned to the United States. This country and then through a period of reconstruction. In the late 1800s, many Europeans came to the United States and work in large factories. At the beginning of the 20th century, the U.S. became a world power. Its economy is one of the largest in the world. The country is also involved in World War I and II.

After World War II, the United States engaged in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. During the Cold War, the government spent a lot of money for defense. U.S. involvement in the Korean War and Vietnam, and also sent Neil Armstrong and other Americans into space. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and the cold war ended. Middle East becomes important for Americans, especially after the September 11 attacks of 2001. Now, the United States is a superpower, but still faces some problems.
Pre-Columbian
The ancestors of American natives came from Asia. They crossed the Bering land bridge into Alaska.

Bering land bridge, also known as Beringia, was a land bridge. At the furthest line from north to south, approximately 1,600 km in length, linking eastern Siberia with Alaska now at various times during the ice age Pleistosin. Beringia is not covered with ice because the snow fell very slightly due to winds which blow from the southwest Pacific Ocean has lost most of its water vapor above the Mountains of Alaska that are fully covered with snow.

Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea to the north and the Bering Sea in the south, are all shallow seas (map, right). On a global cooling cycle, as happened most recently in the ice age, there are quite a lot of sea water are concentrated in the tops of ice in the Arctic and Antarctica so that a uniform reduction in sea level (eustatic) exposing the shallow seabed. Other land bridges around the world have formed and re-covered with sea water in the same way: approximately 14,000 years ago, mainland Australia well connected with New Guinea and Tasmania, is an extension of the British Isles from mainland Europe via the English Channel, and dried Sea basin South China connecting Sumatra, Java and Borneo to mainland Asia.

Pre-Columbian period is the period before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to America in 1492. At that time, Native Americans settled in the United States. They have different cultures: natives of the eastern United States to hunt; indigenous people in the United States northwest of fishing; natives of the southwestern corn planting and building a house called the pueblo, and the natives of the Great Plains to hunt bison.

Indian tribes

The Indians were the first settlers of North America from Asia over 20,000 years ago. Because it follows the game, they wandered through the Bering Strait (formerly the isthmus, is now separating Asia and North America). Gradually, they settle and develop into various tribes. Centuries they built the community regularly. In the 16th century, Europeans arrived in North America for the first time. Thinking that arrived in India (Asia), they mistakenly call it the natives "Indians". The Europeans wanted the land. Therefore the existence of indigenous peoples are threatened. The Indians then fought against the new settlers. In the 19th century, the Indians against the government of the United States is trying to evict them. Through a fierce struggle, the Indians moved to the reserves, special areas for them. Until now, many Indians still live there.