The 13 Colonies

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From 1776 to 1870 the United States has gone through many changes that has influenced even how we are today. Back in 1776 the 13 Colonies fled to America to escape from British rule. They heavily complained about taxation without representation and wanted independence. The Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Constitution were all made to make America it's own functioning nation. However they weren't sure on how to split apart the nation so the size was originally mostly just the northern east and west coast. After a few centuries the U.S. expanded into the west and into Mexico. America started to work on their economy by agricultural aspects. However they soon felt that it was too much labor and brought over African Americans.