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 | | United States (History), story of how the republic developed from colonial beginnings in the 16th century, when the first European explorers arrived, until modern times. |
 | | Throughout its history, the United States has faced struggles, both within the country—between various ethnic, religious, political, and economic groups—and with other nations. |
 | | In what is now the United States, the Mississippians (see Mound Builders) built cities surrounded by farmland between present–day St. Louis, Missouri, (where their city of Cahokia was larger than medieval London) and Natchez, Mississippi. |
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