Britain or England, whatever you want to call it.
Prior to independence the lands that would become the original states of the United States were colonies of England.
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USA became independent in 1776The independence of the United States of America was formally recognized by Britain in the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War, on September 3, 1783.
It was not a gift or contribution. The 13 Colonies of what would become the United States declared themselves to be free and independent from Britain. They then won that independence in a Revolutionary War.
The United States became an independent country in 1776, separating itself from the British rule.
The United States become an independent nation after the colonists fought religious freedom against the british.
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Technically, the islands only received any form of 'independence' in 1843 after a brief occupation by the United Kingdom. But after that, the sovereign nation of Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898 and remains under US occupation to this day.