USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Americans, with help from Spain, the Netherlands and France, defeated the British during the American Revolutionary War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although John Cabot (ca. 1450-1499) established an English claim to the North American continent as early as 1497-1498, more than half a century elapsed before Englishmen turned their attention to the new lands. The most well-known early colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh (ca.

Detailed explanation-3: -Intro. The first permanent English colony in America was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. The founder of the Jamestown settlement was the adventurer Captain John Smith, famous for being saved from execution by Pocahontas, the daughter of an Indian chief.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland remained officially neutral throughout the American Civil War (1861–1865). It legally recognised the belligerent status of the Confederate States of America (CSA) but never recognised it as a nation and neither signed a treaty with it nor ever exchanged ambassadors.