Optional Take Home Essay The United States of America is a nation with a proud history of change. The changes that have happened over time has defined us as a nation. We have a history of having a multi diverse population. We are now called a “melting pot.” Each different race or religion in our society today has its own unique history. And it all started with the early colonists because of sailor named Christopher Columbus.
It started when Christopher Columbus sailed over in search of a quicker route to India in search for gold and spices. Instead he ended up in North America. He was not aware that he was not in India, and called the natives “Indians.” He sailed for gold and spices, but found neither when he landed in the North American area. So instead of admitting to his failed trip he told King Ferdinand II that there was gold growing on trees. This lie ended up costing the natives there land and a lot of their lives due to the disease and famine that the Europeans brought over with them.
Not long after that European countries started sending people to colonize the new found land. Fast forwarding to the late 1700’s, is when the conflict between the American colonies and Great Britain started to heat up. The colonists were already annoyed by the way that the British Parliament was running and controlling what happened in the colonies without even being there, there was no balance between the colonies and the government running them. Eventually the continued frustration of the American colonies reached a boiling point and we went to war in 1775. It really started in 1776 after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The war lasted until the British surrendered in September 1783. The main reason we won the war was because it was on our home turf, and we aligned with France who was seeking revenge against Great Britain after the Seven Years War.
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