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/ The Thirteen Colonies of America
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The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, one federal district (Washington, D.C.), and one incorporated territory. States are the primary subdivisions of the United States, and possess a number of powers and rights under the US Constitution; such as regulating intrastate commerce, running elections, creating local governments, and ratifying Constitutional amendments.
Each state has its own government, consisting of an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch. They are all represented in the federal Congress, a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate (the upper house) and the House of Representatives (the lower house). Each state is represented by two Senators, while Representatives are awarded to each state in proportion to their total population.
/ The United States of America
Connecticut: (Royal Colony) This colony emerged from smaller colonies in the British Empire. It was founded by Thomas Hooker, and the Fundementals Orders of Connecticut was made.
Rhode Island: (Charter Colony) This colony was founded by Roger Williams, who wanted a government that seperates the church from the state, and also religious freedom in the state. Rhode Island, though, became a slave trade port.
Massachusetts: (Charter Colony) Part of the British Commonwealth, this colony was made by the Puritains who wanted to reform the Enlgish church.
New Hampshire: (Royal Colony) Became a colony with the purpose of the economy of the British Empire, where capitalist markets could venture.
Delaware: (Proprietary Colony) Was a Swedish colony, and afterwards, was controlled by Pennsylvania. It became fully independent later on.
Pennsylvania: (Proprietary Colony) It was the Quaker Colony founded by William Penn himself. He made the colony tolerate anyone and everyone. The colonists were also pacifists, much like William Penn.
New Jersey: ​(Royal Colony) It is also a Quaker Colony where Englishmen and other Quakers were the majority of the population.
New York: ​(Royal Colony) This colony was called 'New Amsterdam', due to it's original rulers; the Dutch. It now belongs to the British empire, but the Dutch were still able to stay there. New York was full of high aristorcrats of both British and Dutch nationality.
Maryland: (Proprietary Colony) It's a Catholic Christian colony and founded by Lord Baltimore as a refuge for the English Catholics from Britain.
Virginia: ​(Royal Colony) It was the first colony of the British Empire in the New World, and it houses the Virginia House of Burgesses (first house of government).
North Carolina: ​(Proprietary Colony) A colony who gained their independence from Carolina (now South Carolina), and they became a farming colony.
South Carolina: ​(Proprietary Colony) It was a big colony on natural resources, which like many colonies in the world, lead to a big slave colony due to the high demand in those resources.
Georgia: ​(Proprietary Colony) A prison and deffense colony, much like Australia, but became the first one in the New World for the British Empire. It was founded by James Oglethorpe.
03 / World War I
World War I began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Though this war was supposed to be smaller scale, but many causes led this war to the most bloodiest war of that decade. Imperialism, Nationalism, Militarism, and secret alliances all paved way for the war.
The war was mainly fought in Europe, and so the continent split itself to two fronts; the Western and the Eastern Front. The Western front was mainly fought through trench warfare, while the Eastern was mainly fought in cities. Many well known, bloody battles were fought during World War I, and with the mass usage of new and deadlier technologies, the war stirred to not only a longer period, but many more deaths.
WWI finally ended in 1918 with the help of the United States in 1917. It ended with the Treaty of Versailles (treaty built on quicksand), and a huge debt on all of Europe. Not surprisingly, this led to World War II.
World War II started in 1939 for Europe, but 1941 for the United States. Due to the bitter hatred of the Treaty of Versailles, led by their Facist dictator, Germany, Italy, and Japan waged war at the whole world. Germany ignored the Treaty of Versailles, as their leader, Adolf Hitler, annexed both Autria and the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France waged war against Germany when Hitler invaded Poland through the use of Blitzkreig.
This war, unlike World War I, was fought all over the world, since Japan, while US was still neutral, captured all of Southeast Asia with its powerful navy.
In the end, Europe won the war by capturing Berlin, and US won the war by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki through the A-bomb. A new group, called the United Nations, pleged to stop any future world wars from happening, although this happened, the world set another stage for a war betwee US and USSR.
04 / World War II
A long war between US and USSR, but none of them have directly waged war against one another, or fought battles against themselves. It was also a war between democracy and communism, two different ideals that they wanted to influence other countries to use in their government. Decolonized countries were their primary target, after Europe, that is. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were made to show the difference between democrats and communists. In the end, the war ends with the fall of communism, but not the rise of demorcatic ideals.
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05 / Cold War
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Royal Colonies were ruled directly by the English monarchy
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Proprietary Colonies was established in territories which had been granted by the English Crown to one, or more, proprietors who had full governing rights
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Charter Colonies was generally self-governed, and their charters were granted to the colonists as opposed to proprietors