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Birth Of The U.S.A
America was founded but Christopher Columbus in 1492 America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who went with Columbus on his journey to America. The U.S declared independence when Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson voted to form a Continental Army, with Washington as its commander in chief. The U.S became a country during the revolutionary war that ended on September 3, 1783 http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history -
The U.S Relationships
America's first war was on May 10, 1801. The war ended on June 10, 1805. In March 1801, Jefferson ordered a squadron led by Commodore Richard Dale to blockade Tripoli and to attack any interfering Barbary ship. Andrew Sterret, captain of the Enterprise, won the first American victory of the war. The war was located in the Mediterranean coast of Tripoli. The U.S won the first Barbary war http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-first-war.php -
The U.S and Pakistan's Relationship
Since the moment Pakistan became a nation, United States had established relations with Pakistan, making it among the first nations to establish relationship with the new state. Since then both the countries have a long track record of partnering on strategically identified goals.Pakistan helped counter the communist expansion during the Cold war era against the mighty USSR.
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Birth Of Pakistan
Pakistan put out an independence act on July 18, 1947 but it became a country on August 15, 1947 after the British lost complete control over Indians. The British decided to split India into two independent nations, so they could limit bloodshed between Hindus and Muslims.
http://storyofpakistan.com/the-birth-of-pakistan-2 http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/baker_modern/baker_mj_ep_p4/indian_pakistani_conflict.htm -
Pakistan's Relationships
he first Indo-Pakistani war started after armed tribesmen from Pakistan's north-west frontier invaded in October 22 1947. In May 1948. The war ended in Kashmir on January 1, 1948. the regular Pakistani army was called upon to protect Pakistan's borders. Fighting continued throughout the year between Pakistani irregular troops and the Indian army. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/south_asia/2002/india_pakistan/timeline/1947_48.stm -
U.S. And Pakistan's Relationship
in 1959 Eisenhower was the first American presidents to visit Pakistan. Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush followed in his path. President Obama's trip to India has prompted Pakistanis to leaf back through their visitors' book with an aggrieved eye. There's irritation here that Obama has visited New Delhi twice, yet has bypassed Pakistan.
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/01/27/381946495/pakistanis-view-obamas-india-visit-with-a-touch-of-irritation -
Relations Today
To this day Pakistan and America are borderline allies with just which may be due to the fact that Obama avoided Pakistan when going to Asia. While they used to be allies in the past, they are now merely enemies with some exceptions
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Vocabulary
establish- set up
bloodshed- the killing or wounding of people
revolutionary- involving or causing a complete or dramatic
change
Barbary- was the term used by Europeans from the 16th until the 19th century to refer to much of the collective land of the Berber people.
Peninsula- a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water
