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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!
大多数人都知道加拿大和美国是北美洲两个非常大的国家。然而，大多数人并不知道这些国家是如何形成的。这些国家的创建故事非常有趣。在十七世纪和十八世纪，一些来自英国和法国的人们跨越大西洋迁移。英国人居住在现在的美国东海岸，法国人居住在现在的加拿大东部的魁北克。英国和法国的国王经常互相交战。这意味着在北美洲，英国和法国的士兵之间经常发生战斗。大约在1750年，英国殖民地的人口比法国殖民地多得多。当下一场战争开始时，英国国王决心击败法国人并完全控制北美洲。英国集结了一支庞大的船只和士兵队伍，并在魁北克袭击了法国人。法国人勇敢地战斗，但他们人数太少，英国人赢得了战争。然后，英国获得了对整个北美洲的控制权。在这场战争之后，北美洲英国殖民地的人民开始对他们的政府感到不满。他们在英国政府中没有代表权，但他们必须向英国国王缴纳税款。这些税款被用来支付保卫美国殖民地的英国士兵的费用，但美国人并不想要这些士兵。1775年，美国殖民者开始反叛，1776年，美国人宣布独立。多年来，美国人和英国士兵之间发生了许多战斗。有一段时间，尽管美国人勇敢地战斗，但似乎他们会输掉战争。然后，法国国王决定帮助美国人。他派出了他的船只和士兵前往美国，他们帮助美国人击败了英国军队。1783年，英国承认美利坚合众国为一个独立的国家。然而，英国保留了对加拿大的控制权。当美国殖民地反抗英国时，居住在这些殖民地的一些人并没有反抗。这些人被称为“效忠派”，因为他们效忠于国王。战争结束后，效忠派不得不离开这个国家。他们向北迁移到加拿大，在那里他们开始了新的英语殖民地。1812年，美国人入侵加拿大，但他们未能征服这个国家。在十九世纪，魁北克人民继续说法语并保持他们的法国文化。与此同时，更多的人搬到了加拿大的英语地区。1867年，魁北克和英语殖民地同意组成一个国家，加拿大。到这个时候，北美洲北部已经有两个非常大的国家了！