Relations between Croatia and the United States

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Relations between Croatia and the United States

Thesis Statement

Croatia and U .S . are both countries with almost similar governmental structure and political system which resulted to a democratic type of government even though they have different national histories

Brief Introduction

Croatia with an official name Republic of Croatia ' is a nation located in the southeastern Europe in the Balkan Peninsula and is used to be the sixth republic of Yugoslavia and they declared their independence in the

year 1991 and its capital is Zagreb which is the largest city in Croatia . Croatia is situated on the east direction of the Adriatic Sea near Italy (Croatia Encarta . The country is formed like V , on its southeast is the nation of Bosnia , nations on its northern side is Hungary and Slovenia . Croatia has an extended coastline and around 1000 tiny islands near its coast which admires around 6 million tourists , and aside from its tourism Croatia has also productive economy in agriculture , manufacturing , and in industry such as in petroleum natural gas and coal industry . Its natives are generally ethnic Croats and until the year 1991 around 10 of the people were ethnic Serbs with a few Italians and Hungarians . In the middle of 1991 war broke out with Serb and Croatian forces , due to this , many people died and the nation was severely destroyed and in 1995 the battle was finished and after that Croatia concentrated in rebuilding its economy

The US or the USA (United States of America ) which has a federal republic type of government is located on the North American continent and has 48 states excluding Alaska and Hawaii (United . info US is located almost entirely on the western portion of the hemisphere with its capital at Washington DCUS 's motto is E Pluribus Unum meaning from many , one ' which was first used in the unification of British colonies during the American Revolution in the year 1775 to 1783

History of US and Croatia

Over the centuries different territories have been called `Croatia ' in historical sources . In the early Middle Ages The name designated the area in the hinterland of the central Dalmatian cities of Split , Trogir and Zadar , although the Slav tribe of Croats settled a much wider region , including Pannonia and probably what is toady called Montenegro (Goldstein 1 . Later the territory called Croatia broadened to include areas to the North and West , but after the Ottoman conquest of the 16th and 17th centuries it was restricted to a narrow belt between Slovenia in the west , the vast Ottoman Empire in the East , the Drava River and the Hungarian bin the North , and the Adriatic Sea in the south (Goldstein 1 . For along time Croatia , as part of the triune kingdom of Croatia , Dalmatia , and Slovenia , meant only the north-western part of the present state , and the Dalmatia and Slovenia were distinct provinces in their own right (Goldstein 2 . Croats who inhabited Bosnia...