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    The United States began as colonies established by England in the early 1600s. Tensions rose between the colonies and England over taxation, leading to the American Revolutionary War and independence in 1776. The 19th century saw westward expansion and industrialization, but also the Civil War over slavery from 1861-1865. In the 20th century, the U.S. emerged as a global superpower after World War 1 and 2. It then faced the Soviet Union in the Cold War, which included proxy wars. More recently, the U.S. has confronted issues of terrorism, economic challenges, and social divisions.

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    The United States began as colonies established by England in the early 1600s. Tensions rose between the colonies and England over taxation, leading to the American Revolutionary War and independence in 1776. The 19th century saw westward expansion and industrialization, but also the Civil War over slavery from 1861-1865. In the 20th century, the U.S. emerged as a global superpower after World War 1 and 2. It then faced the Soviet Union in the Cold War, which included proxy wars. More recently, the U.S. has confronted issues of terrorism, economic challenges, and social divisions.

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    History of United States of America

    KISII UNIVERSITY

    SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

    BARCHELOR EDUCATION ARTS

    Student name: Ephraim Uhuru

    Registration No: Ed11/01158/17

    Unit name: Business management

    Unit code: BUST 412

    Take away assignment


    History of United States of America

    HISTORY OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    Introduction.

    America was inhabited for more than a millennium by local American people. in the year

    1607 Jamestown Virginia was colonized by England. England opened up doors for other settlers

    who came from France, Spain and Netherlands and inhabited the northern America. England

    which was unified to form the Great Britain subjected the local indigenous Americans to

    taxation. these taxes were directed to development in the Great Britain these angered thirteen

    colonies that wanted to be involved in voting and be allowed to offer opinion on the tax

    expenditure, these led to war in 1775[ CITATION Bor17 \l 1033 ].

    Colonization

    April 19, 1775 Britain in an attempt to neutralize the war, they attempted to neutralize

    Massachusetts militia which was posing a problem to their regime in the States. this attempt led

    to a revolution against Britain occupation in Northern America. July 4, 1776 an independence

    declaration was written by revolution frontiers who won, and declared Americans independent

    from Britain a new country was formed, formulated a new constitution and implemented a bill of

    rights I the year 1791. George Washington who was a frontier in the revolution war became the

    first president.

    19th century was marked by an increase in industrialization in the states these was as a

    result of immense land obtained in the west. 1861 was marked by rebellion from certain states

    who wanted to deviate from the united states and form their own confederate states of America

    these led to American Civil war. At the end of the war their united states entered into a Gilded

    age which was marked by rapid economic development (Grosfoguel, 2012


    History of United States of America

    20th century saw united states being recognized as a super power these was as result their

    participation in the 1st and 2nd world war where they played key role in the victories achieved

    After world war 2 united state faced USSR in a cold war. this war included each individual

    country providing support to its allies in war against the allies of the other country, this war was

    fought in neutral grounds examples countries like Hungary Korea and Vietnam[ CITATION

    Ban16 \l 1033 ]. Also, at this period united state economy entered into a depression as a result of

    strikes and demonstration which were organized by those who felt oppressed by the government.

    These led to a decrease in industrial production thus affecting the economy these happened in the

    year 1970-1980[ CITATION Gro19 \l 1033 ].

    Conclusion.

    After the end of cold war United state was faced by terrorism attacks which were

    propagated by terrorist from middle east. In sept 11 2001 there was a terrorist attack these led to

    more attention being directed to the middle east. In 2009 Barrack Obama was elected as the first

    black president in the united states his reign was marked with a lot of success example reduce in

    terrorism an activity in the middle east, increased jobs, introduction of Obama health care and a

    booming economy after Obama president Trump was elected in 2017 his reign has been marked

    with a let of social crisis, economical and racial killings


    History of United States of America

    References
    Bancroft, G., & Hart, J. (2016). History of the colonization of the united, 19(1), 50-60.

    Borhi, L. (2017). Hungary in the cold war 1945-1956 between the united states and the soviet union, 5(3),
    13-16.

    Grosfoguel, R. (2019). The dilemmas of ethics studies inthe united states:Between liberal
    multicculturalism, identity politics , disciplinary colonization and decolonial. Human architecture
    : journal of the sociology of self-knowledge, 10(1), 9.

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