The Creation of the American States

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  • The
  • fascinating
  • story
  • of
  • how
  • and
  • why
  • all
  • fifty
  • American
  • states
  • were
  • formed—and
  • how
  • they
  • became
  • a
  • part
  • of
  • history’s
  • greatest
  • social
  • experiment.Every
  • US
  • state
  • has
  • a
  • unique
  • history
  • that
  • deserves
  • a
  • separate
  • book.
  • The
  • Creation
  • of
  • the
  • American
  • States
  • provides
  • readers
  • with
  • essential
  • information
  • on
  • how
  • each
  • of
  • the
  • fifty
  • states
  • came
  • into
  • being.
  • From
  • the
  • time
  • of
  • the
  • first
  • explorers
  • and
  • settlers
  • to
  • the
  • present
  • day,
  • A.
  • Ward
  • Burian
  • tells
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • how
  • the
  • America
  • was
  • established
  • over
  • the
  • course
  • of
  • four
  • hundred
  • years.
  • He
  • examines
  • what
  • motivated
  • brave
  • souls
  • to
  • venture
  • into
  • an
  • unknown
  • wilderness
  • and
  • then
  • delves
  • into
  • the
  • time
  • frame
  • for
  • each
  • state’s
  • discovery,
  • settlement,
  • and
  • consolidation
  • into
  • the
  • United
  • States.
  • With
  • brief
  • biographies
  • interjected
  • that
  • spark
  • human
  • interest
  • and
  • provide
  • perspective
  • to
  • what
  • was
  • taking
  • place,
  • The
  • Creation
  • of
  • the
  • American
  • States
  • shares
  • a
  • better
  • understanding
  • of
  • how
  • the
  • North
  • American
  • continent
  • was
  • transformed
  • from
  • a
  • wilderness
  • into
  • a
  • powerful
  • nation—state
  • by state.
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