How did the United States develop?

The upstairs part is a brief introduction to American history. Translate this with Google Online Translation:

First of all, the United States was originally a British colony, and most of its nationals were European immigrants, mainly Puritans. Therefore, from the beginning, it developed in accordance with the model of modern capitalism, and it did not experience the previous social stage, especially the feudal social stage. It can be said that it was developed according to the most advanced model in the world at that time. Always in the fast lane, there is no heavy historical burden. Secondly, the geographical conditions of the United States are unique. It is surrounded by two oceans and can be said to be a natural barrier. There is no real big country around, which does not pose a threat to him. Moreover, America is rich in resources, which is also an important reason for his development. Then there are a series of historical opportunities. After the independence of the United States, there has been no war on the mainland except a civil war. The peaceful and stable situation has created conditions for domestic economic development, and at the same time attracted a lot of surplus capital in Europe. At the same time, we firmly grasped the opportunity of three industrial scientific and technological revolutions and achieved long-term high-speed growth. In the other two world wars, the United States was the last big country to participate in the war, and the battlefields were overseas. The mainland has not only not been destroyed, but also extended its influence overseas. Before entering the war, it used its neutral position to obtain a large number of arms orders and made a fortune. After the war, war was used to stimulate the country's economic growth. Therefore, instead of weakening the United States, the world war has become a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for its development. The prosperity and strength of the United States today, or its strong economic and military strength, is entirely due to its system. This system minimizes and avoids the damage to the country caused by the mistakes of leaders, guarantees and implements the civil rights fully enjoyed by every citizen to the greatest extent, makes them dare to think and speak, makes them truly feel that they are the masters of the country, and makes them feel grateful to this country from the bottom of their hearts and think that this country is worth defending. This system has attracted elites and outstanding talents from all over the world to serve it. For example, Einstein was originally a German scientist, but he was forced to come to the United States because of Nazi political persecution in his motherland. As a result, he became an "American scientist". Grove, the manufacturer of computer chips we are using now and the founder of Intel Corporation, is a Jew who fled from Hungary to the United States. There are too many similar examples. Many people who have made outstanding contributions to the United States are not Americans. With huge talents, are you still afraid that you will not reach strong economic and military strength? What attracts talents from all walks of life around the world to serve the United States is the American democratic system and the system of reducing talents and encouraging innovation in an eclectic way. At the same time, it legally guarantees people's freedom of thought and a hundred schools of thought contend. Unlike some countries, suppressing freedom of speech and thought and imprisoning people with a ruler's thought can only suffocate a country and society and lose the motivation for innovation, just like China in the late Qing Dynasty. What is the reason why America leads the world? To put it another way, what is the capital or property of the United States to dominate the world? I saw a saying that any society is composed of three aspects, namely hardware, software and people. My understanding is that "national hardware" mainly refers to natural resources, ecological environment, as well as physical facilities, equipment and technical conditions. "National software" mainly refers to the national rule system and operating mechanism in various fields; The human weapon mainly refers to people's spiritual beliefs, values and civilized quality. These three aspects are interrelated, namely, the material capital, social capital and human capital of a society. In On Democracy in America, Tocqueville once said: "There are three reasons to help the United States maintain its democratic system: natural environment, legal system and people's feelings." "classify them according to their contributions ... the natural environment is not as good as the legal system, and the legal system is not as good as the people's feelings." The natural environment is a kind of material capital, the legal system is a kind of social capital, and human feelings are human capital. Tocqueville said: "The federal constitution of the United States seems to be a beautiful work of art that can only make inventors famous and rich, but it will become useless if it falls into the hands of others." Mexico's copying of the American Constitution did not make Mexico rich and strong, because it lacked democratic people's feelings.