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Transcript: HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORY HISTORY The history of the United States is what happened in the past in the United States, a country in North America. Native Americans lived in the Americas 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. In 1775, a war between the thirteen colonies and Britain began when the colonists were upset over tyrannical British policies. Just after dawn on April 19, 1775 the British attempted to disarm the colonists, thus beginning the war with the "Shot Heard Round the World." On July 4, 1776, Founding Fathers wrote the United States Declaration of Independence. They won the Revolutionary War and started a new country. They signed the constitution in 1787 and the Bill of Rights in 1791. The first colonies to set up The first colonies to set up. The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of America from the early 16th century until the incorporation of the colonies into the United States of America. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands launched major colonization programs in America. The death rate was very high among those who arrived first, and some early attempts disappeared altogether, such as the English Lost Colony of Roanoke. Nevertheless, successful colonies were established within several decades. European settlers came from a variety of social and religious groups, including adventurers, farmers, indentured servants, tradesmen, and a few from the aristocracy. American Revolutionary war American Revolutionary war. The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence,[43] was an 18th-century war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies (allied with France) which declared independence as the United States of America.[ After 1765, growing constitutional and political differences strained the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies. Patriot protests against taxation without representation followed the Stamp Act and escalated into boycotts, which culminated in 1773 with the Sons of Liberty destroying a shipment of tea in Boston Harbor. Britain responded by closing Boston Harbor and passing a series of punitive measures against Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts colonists responded with the Suffolk Resolves, and they established a shadow government which wrested control of the countryside from the Crown. Twelve colonies formed a Continental Congress (with the exception of Georgia) to coordinate their resistance, establishing committees and conventions that effectively seized power. THE FIRST FIVES PRESIDENTS GEORGE WASHINGTON. The first president of the U.S (1789–1797), was the first president to be Freemason, G.W. was the first President to appear on a postage stamp. First president to receive votes from every presidential elector in an election. First and only president to have a state named after him. First president to have a city named after him. JOHN ADAMS. (1797-1801). The first president to live in the white house. First president to have previously served as vice president. First president to have previously served as an Ambassador to a foreign country. First president elected as a Federalist. First president to be a lawyer. First president who had never served in the military. JAMES MADISON (1809–1817) First president to have served in the United States House of Representatives. First president to ask Congress for a Declaration of War. First president to serve as a war-time commander-in-chief. First president to have an Inaugural ball. First president to wear long trousers instead of knee breeches. First president to issue a pocket veto. First president to succeed another president without serving as vice president. JAMES MONROE (1817–1825) First president to have served in the United States Senate. First president to have a child marry at the White House. First president to ride on a steamboat First president to have served as secretary of war. First president to issue a doctrine, the Monroe Doctrine. First president to be physically accosted (attacked) while in office. The First Fives Presidents of the United States THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). First president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C First president inaugurated in the 19th century. First president whose inauguration was not attended by his immediate predecessor. First president to live a full presidential term in the White House. First president elected as a Democratic-Republican. First president to have previously been a governor. First president to have been ambassador to France. First president to have previously served as secretary of state CULTURE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS The culture of the United States of America is primarily of Western culture (European)
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