History of United States

asahan2013

July 2, 2026

History of United States

The War of Independence broke out on July 4th, 1776.
After the war, years went by. The new country wanted to grow, and it grew very fast.
In 1803, America bought a huge piece of land from France. It was called Louisiana.
It was five times bigger than France itself.
To explore this unknown land all the way to the Pacific Ocean, they sent a team.
Over the years, America kept growing.
They fought a war with Mexico and won Texas and the whole southwest.
Later, they bought the huge cold land of Alaska from Russia.
Finally, the beautiful islands of Hawaii joined as the 50th state.
If you look at the American flag today, you will see its history.
There are 13 stripes for the first 13 colonies and there are 50 stars for the 50 states today.
However, beneath the surface, there was a hidden problem.
America was getting big and rich, but it had a terrible sickness inside.
This sickness was slavery. To abolish slavery, the Civil War began in 1861.
The war destroyed the rich, comfortable life of the South.
If you have ever watched the famous classic movie Gone with the Wind, you can see how the war ruined
the beautiful life of a rich southern girl.
The Civil War was over, but the sadness was not.
Just five days after the war ended, President Lincoln was watching a play in a theater.
A man who hated him came from behind and shot him dead.
The Civil War ended, and America continued to move west.
Between 1862 and 1900, over 500,000 farmers moved west. They built small farms.
The white men coming from the east did not respect the buffalo.
They shot the animals by the millions, sometimes they killed the buffalo just for fun.
In a very short time, the number of buffalo dropped from 60 million down to less than one thousand.
Without the buffalo, the Native Americans could not live.
The government forced the Native Americans to leave their wide open lands.
They were put into small, poor areas called reservations.
Today, about one-third of Native Americans still live on these reservations.
It is a sad truth: a country built on the dream of freedom, took freedom away from its very first people.

独立战争于1776年7月4日爆发。
战争结束后，许多年过去了。这个新生国家不断发展壮大，速度极快。
1803年，美国从法国购得一片巨大的土地，名为路易斯安那。
它的面积是法国本土的五倍。
为了探索这片直到太平洋边界的未知土地，他们派出了一支探险队。
多年来，美国持续扩张。
他们与墨西哥交战，赢得了德克萨斯以及整个西南地区。
后来，他们从俄罗斯手中买下了广袤寒冷的阿拉斯加。
最终，美丽的夏威夷群岛也加入成为第50个州。
如果你今天看看美国国旗，就能看到它的历史。
旗帜上的13条横条代表最初的13个殖民地，而50颗星则代表如今的50个州。
然而，在表面之下，隐藏着一个严重的问题：
美国日益壮大、变得富裕，但内部却饱受可怕的疾病困扰——奴隶制。
为废除奴隶制，1861年爆发了南北战争。
这场战争摧毁了南方富足安逸的生活。
如果你看过著名的经典电影《乱世佳人》，就会明白战争如何毁掉了南方一位富家女孩的美好人生。内战结束了，但悲伤却并未消散。
战争结束仅五天后，林肯总统正在剧院观看一场戏剧。
一个憎恨他的男人从背后冲来，将他枪杀身亡。
内战虽已结束，美国却继续向西扩张。
在1862年至1900年间，超过50万农民迁往西部，建立了小型农场。
来自东部的白人对野牛毫无尊重，他们射杀数以百万计的动物，有时他们杀死水牛只是为了好玩。
短短几年间，野牛的数量从六千万锐减至不足一千头。
没有了野牛，美洲原住民无法生存。
政府强迫原住民离开他们广袤的土地，被安置到名为保留地的小片贫瘠地区。
如今，约三分之一的美洲原住民仍居住在这些保留地。
这是一个可悲的事实：一个建立在自由梦想之上的国家，却剥夺了最初的原住民的自由。

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The War of Independence broke out on July 4th, 1776.

After the war, years went by.

The new country wanted to grow, and it grew very fast.

In 1803, America bought a huge piece of land from France.

To explore this unknown land all the way to the Pacific Ocean, they sent a team.

Over the years, America kept growing.

They fought a war with Mexico and won Texas and the whole southwest.

Finally, the beautiful islands of Hawaii joined as the 50th state.

If you look at the American flag today, you will see its history.

America was getting big and rich, but it had a terrible sickness inside.

This sickness was slavery.

To abolish slavery, the Civil War began in 1861.

The war destroyed the rich, comfortable life of the South.

If you have ever watched the famous classic movie Gone with the Wind, you can see how the war ruined

the beautiful life of a rich southern girl.

The Civil War was over, but the sadness was not.

Just five days after the war ended, President Lincoln was watching a play in a theater.

A man who hated him came from behind and shot him dead.

The Civil War ended, and America continued to move west.

Between 1862 and 1900, over 500,000 farmers moved west.

They built small farms.

The white men coming from the east did not respect the buffalo.

They shot the animals by the millions, sometimes they killed the buffalo just for fun.

In a very short time, the number of buffalo dropped from 60 million down to less than one thousand.

Without the buffalo, the Native Americans could not live.

The government forced the Native Americans to leave their wide open lands.

They were put into small, poor areas called reservations.

Today, about one-third of Native Americans still live on these reservations.

curious_owl

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The War of Independence broke out on July 4th, 1776.

After the war, years went by.

The new country wanted to grow, and it grew very fast.

In 1803, America bought a huge piece of land from France.

It was called Louisiana.

It was five times bigger than France itself.

To explore this unknown land all the way to the Pacific Ocean, they sent a team.

Over the years, America kept growing.

They fought a war with Mexico and won Texas and the whole southwest.

Finally, the beautiful islands of Hawaii joined as the 50th state.

If you look at the American flag today, you will see its history.

There are 13 stripes for the first 13 colonies and there are 50 stars for the 50 states today.

However, beneath the surface, there was a hidden problem.

America was getting big and rich, but it had a terrible sickness inside.

This sickness was slavery.

To abolish slavery, the Civil War began in 1861.

The war destroyed the rich, comfortable life of the South.

If you have ever watched the famous classic movie Gone with the Wind, you can see how the war ruined

the beautiful life of a rich southern girl.

Just five days after the war ended, President Lincoln was watching a play in a theater.

A man who hated him came from behind and shot him dead.

Between 1862 and 1900, over 500,000 farmers moved west.

They built small farms.

The white men coming from the east did not respect the buffalo.

They shot the animals by the millions, sometimes they killed the buffalo just for fun.

In a very short time, the number of buffalo dropped from 60 million down to less than one thousand.

Without the buffalo, the Native Americans could not live.

The government forced the Native Americans to leave their wide open lands.

They were put into small, poor areas called reservations.

Today, about one-third of Native Americans still live on these reservations.

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The War of Independence broke out on July 4th, 1776.