History Of America

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Capital: Washington
Language: English
Currency: American Dollar

           The United States of America was a republic and the first Democratic country. However it existed for a relatively short time, from 1776 to 1817.
         
           Tensions between American Colonials and the British during the revolutionary period of the 1760 and early 1770 led to the American Revolutionary War. Fought from 1775 through 1781.
On June 14, 1775 the continental Congress, convening in Philadelphia, established a continental army under the command of George Washington. Proclaiming that "All men are created equal", and endowed with "certain unalienable Rights", the Congress adopted the declaration of independence, drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1776.

In 1777, the articles of confederation established a weak federal Government that operated until 1789.

In 1777 Morocco was the very first nation to recognize the sovereignty of a newly independent USA.

             After the British defeat by the American forces assisted by the French. Great Britain recognize the independence of the United States and the States 'sovereignty over American Territory west to Mississippi River. A constitutional convention was organized in 1787 by those wishing to establish a strong national government, with powers of taxation. The United States constitution was ratified in 1788, and the new republic's first senate, house of representatives, and president George Washington took office in 1789. The Bill of Rights forbidding federal restriction of personal freedoms and guaranteeing a legal protections was adopted in 1791. American's eagerness to expand westward prompted a long series of Indian Wars and an Indian Removal Policy that stripped the native peoples for their land. The Louisiana purchase of French claimed Territory under President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 almost doubled the nation's size.

               1812, fought from 1812 to 1817. The first half of the war was part of Napoleonic wars, and was fought on relatively even grounds. After Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo, however the war tipped in favour of the British Empire. The continuation of the war provoked the secession of Massachusetts, which formed the republic of Massachusetts. President James Madison died in the Battle of Washington, in 1816. Vice President Elbridge Gerry became the fifth and final President of United States. The war officially ended in 1817 with the meeting of Armies in New Orleans. The United States were no more.        
However, America's expansion was stopped in the war of