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The revolutionary war was fought for independence from Britain.

the war of 1812 was fought because Britain didn't like us being free, so they stole our sailors.

The Mexican-American war was fought because the USA was destined to take over North America.

The civil wars was fought over slavery and its economic and political effects.

The Spanish-American war was fought because Spain was not treating its Cuban colonists very well

World War I or the Great War was fought because Austria, which was allied with Prussia and the Ottomans, attacked Serbia, which was allied with Russia which was allied with France which was allied with Britain which was allied with the US.

World War II was an after effect of the Great War. The treaty of Versailles was too harsh for the Germans, so Hitler wanted Germany to return to its place of power in the world (for more information on why the world wars happened, look into 19th century politics and wars in Europe.

The wars during the cold war happened because AMERICANZ hate commies.

The current wars (Iraq, Afghanistan) are over oil and anti-terrorism (although the presidential staff, and only the presidential staff, believed there were nuclear weapons in Iraq)

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