Modern American history begins with the founding of the Jamestown colony in 1607 as the first permanent European colony in the modern American Confederation. The subsequent further colonization of the Eastern seaboard resulted in the original Thirteen Colonies. An increase in taxes after the Seven Years' War by the British government led to the first colonial revolution against a European empire in 1776. Being an ally of France, it was expected to support the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, but Britain also expected the same from the United States. The resulting neutrality and lack of decision led to the War of 1812, in which the United States proved itself capable of defeating a European empire for a second time. The War proved the legitimacy of the American country to the rest