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Most people are aware that Canada and the United States are two very large countries in
North America. However, most people do not know how these countries came to exist.
The story of the creation of these countries is a very interesting one.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some people from England and from
France moved across the Atlantic ocean. English people lived on what is now the east
coast of the United States, and French people lived in what is now Quebec, in the eastern
part of Canada. The kings of England and France were often at war with each other. This
meant that there was often fighting in North America between the soldiers of England
and France.
By about the year 1750, there were many more people in the English colonies than in the
French colonies. When the next war began, the English king was determined to defeat
the French and gain complete control of North America. The English assembled a large
force of ships and soldiers and attacked the French at Quebec. The French fought
bravely, but they were too few in numbers, and the English won the war. England then
gained control of all of North America.
After this war, the people of the English colonies in North America began to feel
dissatisfied with their government. They were not represented in the English government,
but they had to pay taxes to the English king. The taxes were used to pay for English
soldiers who defended the American colonies, but the Americans did not want these
soldiers.
In 1775, the American settlers began to rebel, and in 1776 the Americans declared their
independence. For several years, there was much fighting between the Americans and
the English soldiers. For a while, it appeared that the Americans would lose, even though
they fought bravely. Then, the king of France decided to help the Americans. He sent his
ships and soldiers to America, and they helped the Americans to defeat the English
forces. England recognized the United States of America as an independent country in
1783. However, England kept control of Canada.
When the American colonies rebelled against England, some of the people who lived in
those colonies did not rebel. Those people were called "Loyalists" because they were
loyal to the king. When the war ended, the Loyalists had to leave the country. They
moved northward to Canada, where they started new English-speaking colonies. During
the year 1812, the Americans invaded Canada, but they were not able to conquer the
country.
During the nineteenth century, the people of Quebec continued to speak French and to
maintain their French culture. Meanwhile, many more people moved to the English-
speaking areas of Canada. In the year 1867, Quebec and the English-speaking colonies
agreed to form a single country, Canada. By this time, there were two very large
countries in the northern part of North America!