It has to start from 400 years ago:
400 years ago, it was known as the colony of the empire in the world that the sun never sets In 1607, a British colonial group of about one hundred people landed on Chesapeake Beach on the west coast of the United States and established Jamestown. This was the first permanent British colony in the United States and was the main inhabitant of the United States at the time. It was Indians and Eskimos, European immigrants massacred Indians, plundered property, and occupied their land on a large scale.
Indian costumes
After more than 100 years of colonization, countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Italy came to the fore. 13 colonies were established. This is the prototype of the 13 states when the United States was founded.13 British colonies at the beginning of the United States
At that time, the United States was also the prey of the European powers. The United Kingdom was the first to complete the steam revolution and became the "world factory." Although the United States was a colonial rule, it was quickly updated and became a big copycat country at that time. The United Kingdom was worried that the increasingly powerful United States would surpass I, therefore, intensified exploitation and oppression, exorbitant taxes and levies, and gradually the United States developed an idea of rebelling against independence. |
| The famous rebellion incident-Boston Tea Incident |
It appears to be that where there is abuse, there is opposition. On July 4, 1776, the United States issued the great "Declaration of Independence", announcing that the United States had officially separated from British colonial rule. At this point, the United States of America was formally established. The full name of the United States: United States of America (English: United States of America), referred to as "The United States" (English: United States).
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| The United States publishes the Declaration of Independence |
When the "Declaration of Independence" was just published, it caused a huge response from the American people, but the domineering British did not recognize this Declaration of Independence. From 1775 to 1783, the United States broke out a war of independence against British colonial rule. At first, Britain had the upper hand. In the later period of the war, the American people used guerrilla warfare and war of attrition, using vast land to deal with the enemy. Finally defeated Britain, won freedom and ended the 176 years of American colonization.
The American War of Independence defeats Britain
It seems how important it is to recognize your own domestic situation. China's eight-year war of resistance also used guerrilla warfare to win the disparity in strength. It seems that if you want freedom and victory, you have to pay for blood and life. Peace was a fairy tale for the United States at that time. Perhaps the Eastern fairy tales in the world are being played out. This year, it was the 41st year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. In the eyes of Emperor Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty was prosperous, and the gold and silver were spent endlessly. The inexhaustible national power did not realize that there was already a big country on the other side of the world that was about to rise. Not only that but this year there was also a powerful man who accelerated the decline of the Qing Dynasty-He Shen.He Shen stills
In short, after a series of tossings, the United States embarked on the road of independence and finally crawled out of the colonial quagmire. The general direction is victory, but it has ignored the fundamental "people's livelihood problem"-it failed to solve the land problem and slavery. The issue of the political system caused differences between the North and the South after the independence of the United States, and each took its own path, which eventually led to the outbreak of the American Civil War (Civil War).The political situation of the United States before and after the outbreak of the Civil War
(1861--1864) In the Civil War, the industrial bourgeoisie in the north defeated the slavery plantation owner class in the south. The president of the United States at that time was the famous Abraham Lincoln. In order to commemorate him, people put a huge statue of him. The White House after reconstruction. The United States was truly unified at this time, and slavery was abolished, laying the foundation for the take-off of the American economy. The American Civil War was also the second revolution of the bourgeoisie, from which the bourgeoisie established a dominant position in the United States. From the end of the 18th century to the 1860s, the United States established a machine-based production system and completed the industrial revolution in the United States. U.S. factory weaving machines replace manual looms At the beginning of the 19th century, the United States began to expand its territory on a large scale. In just a few decades, the area of its territory increased by more than three times its original size. First, the large-scale expansion of territory westward, in addition to directly plundering and annexing Indian lands, also annexed British, Spanish, and French colonies in North America and large areas of Mexico through wars and forced purchases.United States in the early 19th century
In the more than 200 years since the founding of the United States, there have been more than 100 predatory wars against Indians. Between 1620 and 1920, more than 10 million Indians were killed by white Americans, leaving only more than 200,000.In 1803, the United States took advantage of Napoleon's difficult situation in the Anglo-French War and threatened to unite the British to resist France, and bought Louisiana from France for only 15 million US dollars, obtaining 2.6 million square kilometers of land.
In 1819, Florida was forcibly purchased from Spain with US$5 million, obtaining 150,000 square kilometers of land.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States continued to immigrate to Mexico. The new arrivals and local residents clashed. The United States launched the U.S.-Mexico war under the pretext of protecting the diaspora. Mexico was defeated and forced to sign the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty. Ceded more than 2.3 million square kilometers of territory. In the unequal treaties of modern war, the ceded territory is counted as much. Almost half of the Mexican territory was annexed by the United States, and Mexico completely lost the opportunity to become a powerful country.
The red part is the U.S. occupation of Mexican territory
In 1853, the United States forcibly purchased the Gila River Basin in southern Arizona from Mexico at the cost of 10 million U.S. dollars on the grounds of building the Southern Railway.
Since then, the territory of the United States has basically been laid.
From the outbreak of World War I in 1914 to the end of World War II, the United States made a fortune in the war and became a major arms producer. It has moved from a debtor country during the Civil War to world power. Today, the United States has not stopped its expansion.
U.S. present territory
The great eastern country at this time was the 20th year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty and Daoguang. The Opium War broke out from 1840 to 1842. The feudal society of China for thousands of years has been knocked open by British ships and artillery. The great powers began to snatch and carve up China frantically. Since then, China has declined. The bottom is fragmented.Opium War
After the industrial revolution, the United States has always wanted to repartition the world with the European powers, and has since begun its pace of expansion and aggression. High energy ahead In 1876, the United States took advantage of Russia's failure in the Crimean War and was greatly injured, and only used 7.2 million US dollars to buy Alaska and the Aleutian Islands from Russia.Location of Alaska
In 1889 the United States launched a war with Spain. Spain was defeated. The United States seized the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam from Spain. From 1898 to 1899, the United States occupied some islands in the Pacific, such as Eastern Samoa, Midway Island and Guam. In 1903, the United States obtained the right to excavate the Panama Canal and the privilege of the canal zone. In 1917, the Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark for 25 million US dollars. Among them, Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states of the United States in 1959. After reading these data in one go, I am a little confused. The United States is so tossing in the world, no one cares about it? The answer is: not only does nobody cares, but some people silently support it. That is France. The reason why France supports the United States is to contain the increasingly powerful Britain. There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests The British Prime Minister Palmerston in the nineteenth century So far, the United States has expanded from 13 states to 50 states. The land area has also more than tripled, becoming the fourth largest country in the world. |
| American flag |
From the outbreak of World War I in 1914 to the end of World War II, the United States made a fortune in the war and became a major arms producer. It has moved from a debtor country during the Civil War to world power. Today, the United States has not stopped its expansion.
