If you mean very thinly sliced potatoes, fried and usually salty (called "chips" or "potato chips" in the USA or "crisps" in England), it is said that they were first made in New York State.
If you mean potatoes cut in long rectangular shapes and deep fried in hot oil (called "chips" in England and "French fries" in the USA), they were probably first made in Belgium or Holland.
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yes chips have been along for a long time it was even around when the civil war was going on
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No, they burned buffalo chips as firewood and used those fires for cooking. Buffalo chips burn long and hot, and are light and easy to carry around. The only downside is they smell horrible!
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They have always been around
For as long as there has been written language.