🇺🇸 THE COLOSSUS: Why the USA is a Continental Giant! 🗺️🦅

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Do you know how the US grew from just a few colonies into a giant 11 times bigger and all within 100 years? Back in 1776, North America was divided between Britain, Spain, and indigenous lands that Europeans hadn't taken yet. At that time, the 13 British colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence and declared themselves the United States of America. After years of fighting, Britain officially recognized their independence through the Treaty of Paris. The US gained vast territory all the way to the Mississippi River and began actively settling it. In 1803, a massive land deal with France doubled the size of the US through the Louisiana Purchase. A few years later, Florida was partly taken by force and partly purchased from Spain. After Texas split from Mexico and joined the US, the Mexican-American War broke out and in the end, the US gained [music] the entire West. Mass migration of Americans along the Oregon Trail led to an agreement with Britain. The border was set at the 49th parallel. A deal with Russia added Alaska, the last big piece of the puzzle on the continental US map.