How did the united states assert itself as an independent nation

The Revolutionary War with Britain after British colonists were already in the US, sent by the British. Basically, they were being taxed on things like Molasses and Tea. They didn't want taxation from a country in which they had no representation in government. This was the reason for the Boston Tea Party. Then of course they formed their own independent country once they were free from Britain. Just a basic answer, I forgot a lot of US history.

answer: in october 1962, an american u-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the soviet union on the island of cuba. president kennedy did not want the soviet union and cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. he met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.

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