Excuse my poor history knowledge, but the Europeans sailed here to find new lands, settled, and then after generations, they were overthrown by their descendants. The British empire still ruled around the world for centuries yet, the U.S. arguably is in a better state of economics, military, and such.
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The US basically had a tremendous amount of land and resources that were ripe for the taking. People were pretty free do do what they wanted without being under the thumb of an established government.
The US also is relatively isolated from the rest of the world, with 2 huge oceans, so attacking it is very difficult, and leaves it free to just grow and develop without much interference.
Also, think of all the people that immigrated here. People actively in search of a better life with enough motivation to pick up and leave everything they knew and start over. People like that generally have more motivation to work hard and get shit done.
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