--- title: The United States: a short story — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The United States: a short story», a lesson of the history course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Native nations had lived across North America for thousands of years when, in the 1600s and 1700s, English settlers founded thirteen colo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/) / The United States: a short story # The United States: a short story Lesson 38 of the history course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/0/) — Native nations had lived across North America for thousands of years when, in the 1600s and 1700s, English settlers founded thirteen colonies along the east coast, from Massachusetts to Georgia, on Native land. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/1/) — The colonists grew angry that Britain taxed them though they had no say in its Parliament, like being charged for a school trip you were never allowed to vote on, and in 1773 protesters tipped British tea into Boston harbour. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/2/) — On 4 July 1776 they declared independence, saying all men are created equal, though slavery went on, and George Washington led their army to victory and became the first president. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/3/) — The young country spread west to the Pacific, taking land from Native nations, and welcomed millions of immigrants who sailed past the Statue of Liberty. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/4/) — After two World Wars the USA became one of the most powerful countries on Earth, and in 2008 Barack Obama was elected its first Black president. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/5/) — In the 1600s and 1700s English settlers founded thirteen colonies on America's east coast, from Massachusetts to Georgia, on land where Native nations already lived. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/6/) — The first lasting English colony was Jamestown in 1607, the Pilgrims came on the Mayflower in 1620, and the Spanish town of St. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/7/) — Augustine in Florida is older still, from 1565. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/8/) — In 1621 the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people shared a harvest feast; the Wampanoag had helped the settlers survive by teaching them to grow corn. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/9/) — Americans celebrate Thanksgiving every November, and for many Native people it is also a day of mourning for what followed. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/10/) — The colonists were angry that Britain taxed them though they had no say in Parliament, and their cry was no taxation without representation; in the Boston Tea Party of 1773 protesters threw tea into the harbour. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/12/) — George Washington led the American army to victory and became the first president in 1789, and he stepped down after two terms, showing that a president should not rule for life like a king, which the founders feared. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/13/) — The US Constitution of 1787 set up a president, Congress and courts that check each other's power, and it is the oldest written national constitution still in use. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/14/) — In the 1800s the USA spread west to the Pacific with wagon trains, gold rushes and railways, but this meant taking land from Native nations. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/15/) — Millions of immigrants came to America from Europe, Asia and Latin America, many passing the Statue of Liberty, a giant statue holding up a torch, a gift from France, and Ellis Island in New York. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/16/) — After helping to win both World Wars, the USA became one of the most powerful countries in the world, and its films, music and technology spread worldwide. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/17/) — In 2008 Barack Obama was elected the first Black president of the United States. - ← previous: [Britain and Ireland: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/) - next →: [Canada: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/39-canada-a-short-story/) - ↑ back to [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/)