Body: "History of the United States" is the examination of the past of the United States of America, and how it relates to the present.
People study "History of the United States" in order to understand how the USA came to be, and understand how historical events are important for understanding current society.
Richard Hofstadter, William Appleman Williams, Bernard Bailyn, Gordon Wood, and Frederick Jackson Turner are a few specialists of "History of the United States".
Some subfields in "History of the United States" include early American history, 20th-century American history, American military history, history of American society.