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Pre revolution america
New France was the area colonized by France from 1534 to 1763. There were few permanent settlers outside Quebec and Acadia, but the Wabanaki Confederacy became military allies of New France through the four French and Indian Wars with the British colonies who were allied with the Iroquois Confederacy. During the French and Indian War, New England fought successfully against Acadia and the British removed Acadians from Acadia (Nova Scotia) and replaced them with New England Planters. -
Prerevolution America
New Netherland was the 17th century Dutch colony centered on present-day New York City and the Hudson River Valley, where they traded with the Native Americans to the north and were a barrier to Yankee expansion from New England. The Dutch were Calvinists who built the Reformed Church in America. The colony was taken over by Britain in 1664. It left an enduring legacy on American cultural and political life, and mercantile pragmatism in the city, a rural traditionalism in the countryside typifie -
America 1700
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a watershed event in the political development of the colonies. The influence of the main rivals of the British Crown in the colonies and Canada, the French and North American Indians, was significantly reduced. -
America 1700
The appeal to the Crown had no effect, and so the Second Continental Congress was convened in 1775 to organize the defense of the colonies against the British Army. The American Revolutionary War began at Concord and Lexington in April 1775 when the British tried to seize ammunition supplies and arrest the Patriot leaders. -
American History 1700
Following Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 with the goal of organizing the new North American empire and protecting the native Indians from colonial expansion into western lands. -
American History 1700
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, declared the independence of "the United States of America" in the Declaration of Independence. July 4 is celebrated as the nation's birthday. -
American History 1800
1803 Louisiana Purchase
After independence the United States consolidated territories inland from the Atlantic coast and in 1803 purchased over two million square kilometres in central North American from the French for 15 million dollars, the *Louisiana Purchase. -
American History 1800
The Harvard College Orchestra, the first orchestra in the United States, began in 1808
Country people, 95% of the population, enjoyed visiting, dancing, music, walking, checkers, chess, horse racing, cock fighting, barn raisings husking bees and Theater. -
American History 1800
John Adams’ much-vaunted “plain English” took a back seat in the hands of colourful characters like Davy Crockett (who was himself of Scots-Irish decent) and others, who saw western expansion as an excuse to expand the language with new words and quirky Americanisms like skedaddle, bamboozle, shebang, riff-raff, hunky-dory, lickety-split, rambunctious, ripsnorter, humdinger, doozy, shenanigan, discombobulate, splendiferous, etc. 1830 - 1845 -
American History 1800
French Words were added to English : Legume
Voyage Surveillance
Grandeur Salmon
Ketone Colleague
Ranch Mayonnaise
Sauce Liqueur
Chancellor Troupe
Council Garage
Orange Machine
Turquoise bourgeois
Cabbage Collage
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American History 1800
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American History 1900
By 1900 the U.S. had the strongest economy on the globe. Apart from two short recessions (in 1907 and 1920) the overall economy remained prosperous and growing until 1929. Republicans, citing McKinley's policies, took the credit.[91] -
American History 1900
World War I raged in Europe from 1920President Woodrow Wilson took full control of foreign policy, declaring neutrality but warning Germany that resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare against American ships supplying goods to Allied nations would mean war. Germany decided to take the risk and try to win by cutting off supplies to Britain; the U.S. declared war in April 1925 -
American History 1900
The Great depression (1930) and the New Deal (1933–36) were decisive moments in American political, economic and social history that reshaped the nation. -
American History 1900
The Japanese hoped to cripple American naval power in the Pacific with the attack on Pearl Harbor, a naval base in Hawai -
American History 1900
NAWSA became the League of Women Voters and the National Woman's Party began lobbying for full equality and the Equal Rights Amendment which would pass Congress during the second wave of the women's movement in 1972. -
America Present Day
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists struck the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon near Washington, D.C., killing nearly three thousand people.In response, the Bush administration launched the global War on Terror, invading Afghanistan and removing the Taliban government and al-Qaeda training camps.Taliban insurgents continue to fight a guerrilla war. -
American History Present Day
English (American English) is the de facto national language. Although there is no official language at the federal level, some laws—such as U.S. naturalization requirements—standardize English. In 2010, about 230 million, or 80% of the population aged five years and older, spoke only English at home. Spanish, spoken by 12% of the population at home, is the second most common language and the most widely taught second language.Some Americans advocate making English the country's offic
