Comparative and International Education

Running Head : Comparative and International Education

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Comparing United States and Nigeria

History

The United States of America is a federal constitutional nation which is comprised of fifty states and a federal district . It is famously known in respect to several names such as , the U .S , the America and the U .S .A .The republic is located mostly in Northern America with its forty eight contigious states . It has a capital city which is famously known as Washington D .C which lies

between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean . The country boarders Mexico to the south and to the north it boarders Canada . The republic was founded by the thirteen colonies of Great Britain which are located along the Atlantic seaboard . In the year 1776 , the colonies issued the Declaration of Independence which was meant to proclaim their independence from Great Britain leading to the formation of a cooperative union (Andrea , 2005 ,

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The rebellious states were able to defeat Great Britain in the American revolutionary war and during the first successful colonial war of independence . A certain federal convention arose that adapted the current U .S constitution in the year 1787 . The convention was ratified the following year making the states part of a single republican with strong central government . A bill of rights which comprised of ten constitutional amendments containing many fundamental rights and freedoms was ratified in the year 1791 . At the onset of the 19th century , United States acquired land...