America's Story tells the story of our country. Our country is the United States of America. This book tells how our country became a land of freedom. It tells how the United States changed from a small country to a very large one. 

In addition, Our country's story began with Native Americans Later people who came to America from Great Britain started 13 colonies. These colonies were ruled by Great Britain.

As time passed people in the American colonies wanted to be free from British  rule. They fought and won a war against the British. After the war the colonies become a free country. This country was called the United States of America. The leaders of the new United States wrote laws. Those laws protected the freedom of the people.

At first the United States had only 13 states. Slowly the country grew larger. Americans moved west. More and more states became part of the United States. In addition, as the country grew problems between the northern and southern states also grew People in the North and in the South disagreed about slavery some southern states decided to the leave the United States. They started a new nation. This led to a long terrible war. After the war the United State became one nation again. For more than two hundred years people have worked to make out country a land of freedom as you read this book you will learn how many kinds of American have built this country read on to learn the men and the women who were part of America's story.