As we all know, the earliest masters of America were not white people today, but Indians. The arrival of the Spaniards sounded the death knell for the three primitive empires established for the Indians-Maya, Aztec and Inca!
Following the crazy slaughter and robbery by the Spanish, Portuguese, British, French, and Dutch followed one after another. For Native American Indians, it was a total disaster!
The local Indians died countless due to massacres, mad enslavement, and squeeze. The most terrifying thing is not this. Because Native Americans have been isolated from people from other continents for a long time, they are not immune to the viruses brought by other continents. These viruses (such as smallpox virus) have caused the Indians to die in large numbers!
As the number of Indians dropped sharply, resulting in a shortage of local labor, European whites began a large number of criminal triangle trades, selling African blacks as slaves to the Americas to fill the labor gap.
These whites and black slaves, as well as the few remaining Indians, gradually formed a new nation-the American nation, with the development of more than 100 years.
At the same time, Europe is undergoing the Seven Years' War, and Britain is allied with Prussia (the predecessor of Germany) and is fighting against Russia, Austria, France, Sweden and many other countries. After this war, although the British rarely sent troops to participate in wars in Europe, (the war was basically fought by Prussia, and the “tradition of "one country singles out all Europe" began at that time), they also seized the opportunity to occupy France overseas. Colonies (mainly North America and India), but most of the huge expenditures in the war in Prussia were borne by the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom had a heavy financial burden for this. In order to solve the financial crisis, the British chose to transfer the financial burden to the American colonies. (That is, heavy taxation).
Let the people of the North American colonies be very dissatisfied with the British policy of making North America its raw material producing area forever. Good time! The struggle between the two sides is getting fiercer!
In 1775, the British wanted to raid North American militias,Capture their arsenal. However, the militia noticed it and fired the first anti-British shot, and the history of colonial independence in the world began!
In the same year, 13 representatives of the thirteen North American states held a meeting in Philadelphia, known as the "Continental Conference." To unify the North American militia into the Continental Army, the commander-in-chief is Washington!
The following year, the famous "Declaration of Independence" was released! Announcing that the thirteen colonies of North America were separated from the United Kingdom and became the first country in the world to be independent from a colony-the United States of America!
In 1777, after the Battle of Saratoga (a turning point in the War of Independence), the situation began to become more and more favorable for the US military.
Due to the Anglo-Dutch War, the Netherlands became feud with Britain and went to war to fully support the United States. In France, due to the Seven Years' War, most of the North American colonies were snatched by the British. Based on the principle of "rob me, that's good, no one can think of it", it even sent troops directly to help the U.S. attack the British!
Soon, the American and French coalition forces besieged the British in Yorktown. The British army is no longer able to reverse the defeat and had to surrender.
In 1783, Britain announced the recognition of the independence of the United States! A few years later, the United States formulated the world’s first written constitution, the Constitution of the United States of America, and held a general election. The founding father Washington became the first president of the United States.
After the independence of the United States, the impact was huge and far-reaching, and it can be said that it has changed the history of mankind. The independence of the United States is by no means comparable to the independence of an ordinary colony. It created a precedent for the independent establishment of a colony and gave hope and dawn to the Latin American people who were enslaved by Spain and Portugal. This led to a series of chain revolutions afterwards! The Americas set off a climax of revolution and independence!
At the same time, this influence also "backlashed" Europe and promoted a large-scale European revolution, especially the French Revolution!
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