Building the USA
in the 1700s,there were many small European colonies in North America.the Spanish owned California,Texas and Florida.the French owned a large part of North America-from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Great Lakes in the north.there were Russian and Spanish settlers in Alaska too.
at the time there were the 13 British colonies on the est coast
new hampshire
massachusetts
rhode island
connecticut
new york
new jersey
pensylvania
maryland
virginia
north carolina
georgia
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they wanted to be indipendent
south carolina
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in 1776 theyunitedto from thr "united states of america (USA)
at the start of 1800s,american sletters began to travel west into these new lands
the governament built railway across the United States.because of this ,the native americans lost all of their lands.they were moved to special government areas called reservation
in the 1860s the Russian government borrowed a lot of money from rich americans.later they couldn't repay the money, so the russian sold Alaska to the USA for $7.2 million.
the americans also bought