THE FIRST, SHORT-LIVED BRITISH COLONY IN VIRGINIA WAS ORGANIZED IN 1584,
AND PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT BEGAN IN 1607.
THE UNITED STATES DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN IN 1776.
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR ENDED IN 1783,
WITH GREAT BRITAIN RECOGNIZING U.S. INDEPENDENCE. THE TWO COUNTRIES ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IN 1785. THE UNITED STATES BROKE RELATIONS WHEN IT DECLARED WAR ON THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE WAR OF 1812; RELATIONS WERE REESTABLISHED IN 1815; THE TRENT AFFAIR OCTOBER 1861,
INVOLVING CHARLES WILKES, JAMES MASON, JOHN SLIDELL, AND CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
(WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SLIDELL, WILKES A RELATIVE OF JOHN WILKES-RAKE 1727-1797, MASON, A RELATIVE OF JAMES THOMSON-POET 1700-1748, ADAMS, A RELATIVE OF LOUISA CATHERINE JOHNSON 1775-1852 LONDON BORN 1ST LADY OF THE USA )
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