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The_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 of_IO America_NP1 is_VBZ a_AT1 new_JJ country_NN1 ,_, having_VHG been_VBN officially_RR founded_VVN in_II 1776_MC ._. 
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It_PPH1 is_VBZ still_RR technically_RR in_II the_AT design_NN1 stages_NN2 ,_, and_CC is_VBZ sometimes_RT referred_VVN to_II as_II the_AT "_" American_JJ experiment_NN1 "_" ._. 
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Regardless_RR ,_, it_PPH1 has_VHZ a_AT1 rich_JJ history_NN1 with_IW many_DA2 important_JJ events_NN2 and_CC accomplishments_NN2 ._. 
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While_CS Native_JJ Americans_NN2 (_( formerly_RR called_VVN Indians_NN2 )_) have_VH0 inhabited_VVN what_DDQ is_VBZ now_RT America_NP1 for_IF thousands_NNO2 of_IO years_NNT2 ,_, and_CC Nordic_JJ tribesman_NN1 probably_RR visited_VVD the_AT area_NN1 in_II medieval_JJ times_NNT2 ,_, Christopher_NP1 Columbus_NP1 was_VBDZ the_AT first_MD European_NN1 to_TO arrive_VVI (_( 1492_MC )_) and_CC exert_VVI influence_NN1 over_II the_AT land_NN1 ._. 
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The_AT first_MD Europeans_NN2 to_TO colonize_VVI what_DDQ was_VBDZ to_TO become_VVI America_NP1 were_VBDR the_AT Puritans_NN2 ._. 
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They_PPHS2 were_VBDR members_NN2 of_IO an_AT1 austere_JJ English_JJ Christian_JJ sect_NN1 who_PNQS sought_VVD religious_JJ sanctuary_NN1 ._. 
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Other_JJ groups_NN2 ,_, such_II21 as_II22 the_AT Quakers_NN2 and_CC Shakers_NN2 ,_, followed_VVD suit_NN1 ._. 
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By_II the_AT mid-eighteenth_MD century_NNT1 ,_, colonists_NN2 felt_VVD dissatisfied_JJ with_IW English_JJ rule_NN1 ,_, considering_CS it_PPH1 oppressive_JJ ._. 
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A_AT1 revolution_NN1 followed_VVD ,_, of_IO which_DDQ the_AT colonists_NN2 won_VVN and_CC gained_VVN independence_NN1 for_IF America_NP1 ._. 
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America_NP1 boasts_VVZ many_DA2 accomplishments_NN2 ,_, such_II21 as_II22 the_AT invention_NN1 of_IO the_AT airplane_NN1 ,_, ventures_NN2 to_II the_AT moon_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT development_NN1 of_IO the_AT world_NN1 's_GE strongest_JJT economy_NN1 ._. 
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However_RR ,_, Americans_NN2 consider_VV0 their_APPGE greatest_JJT accomplishments_NN2 to_TO be_VBI the_AT ideas_NN2 of_IO liberty_NN1 that_CST have_VH0 been_VBN developed_VVN or_CC instated_VVD in_II America_NP1 ._. 
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Some_DD of_IO these_DD2 ideas_NN2 include_VV0 the_AT forbidding_JJ of_IO slavery_NN1 ,_, freedom_NN1 of_IO belief_NN1 ,_, freedom_NN1 of_IO the_AT press_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT importance_NN1 of_IO individualism_NN1 as_II31 opposed_II32 to_II33 collective_JJ subordination_NN1 ._. 
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Such_DA ideas_NN2 are_VBR the_AT values_NN2 most_RRT cherished_VVN by_II Americans_NN2 ._. 
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