3.+History


 * Was it ever colonized by another country? What territories did it colonize?**

United Sates was colonized by Britian. United Sates colonized Guam, The Philippines, Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.

By United States Declaration of Independence, a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announced that the thirteen American colonies were now independent states from Great Britian, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire.
 * When did your country acquire its independence?**


 * The conditions of the country during the past years -- peace and stability, revolution, war, famine, etc. **

__Peace and Stability:__ - The United Sates has not been completely stable because it is legal to have the gun individually and because of the big continent, there were several famines such as tornadoes and earthquakes. Moreover, for last few decades, there were many conflicts both within and outside of the country such as september 11th terror. - However, There was an independent, nonpartisan, government-funded institution established and funded by the United States Congress called The United States Institute of Peace (USIP). It was established in 1984 in order to help:  __revolution: __ American Revolution (1775-1783) - War that won political independence for 13 of Britain's North American colonies, which formed the United States of America. - The American shift to republicanism, and the gradually increasing democracy, caused an trouble of the traditional social hierarchy, and created the ethic that has formed a center of political values in the United States. __war: __ American Civil War (1861 – 1865) - Conflict between the U.S. federal government and 11 Southern states that fought to secede from the Union. - led the end of arguments over the issues of slavery, trade and tariffs, and the doctrine of states' rights - main lear was Abraham Lincoln 
 * Prevent and resolve violent international conflicts;
 * Promote post-conflict stability and development;
 * Increase conflict management capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide
 * It helped the United States keeping peace and stability.

__Any other interesting facts__

 September 11 attacks (2001) - caused by the massive terrorist, attacking on the United States and resulting in the collapse of the World Trade Center's twin towers and surrounding buildings, and part of the Pentagon building. The attack, carried out by members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist organization, occurred on September 11, 2001. - 2,976 victims and the 19 hijackers died in the attacks