The original inhabitants of North America were Indians. 16-18th century, the western European countries that were conducting primitive accumulation of capital invaded North America one after another. By the middle of18th century, 13 colonies had been established along the Atlantic coast of North America, with relatively mature economy, culture and politics.
However, there was a rift between the colony and Britain, and Britain continued to adopt a high-handed policy toward North America, causing strong dissatisfaction among North American residents. From 1776 to 1783, thirteen states in North America won the War of Independence under the leadership of Washington. The United States was formally born, and successively formulated a series of laws on democratic politics. Gradually become a completely independent national sovereign country.
After independence, the United States actively expanded its territory, and its territory gradually expanded from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. Significant changes have taken place in the economy, and the north-south economy has developed in different directions. The contradiction between north and south is getting worse. From April 186 1 to April 1865, the war between the south and the north of the United States was also called the American civil war. In the end, the bourgeoisie led by the North won and unified the whole country.
1865, the reconstruction period began, and slavery was gradually abolished. 1877, democratic reconstruction was carried out in the south, and the democratic progress law was enacted, which marked the end of democratic reconstruction.
Later, the United States completed the industrial revolution and its economic strength increased greatly. Two world wars laid the foundation for the United States to dominate the capitalist world. After the cold war began, it and Soviet Union share the world.
After the Cold War, the United States became the only superpower in the world. However, the economic situation in the United States was relatively stable in the 1980s.
In 1990s, American computer industry developed rapidly, which promoted the global high-tech information industry and started a new generation of industrial revolution.