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Oct 12, 1492
The discovery of America
Chris Colombus Discovers America
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Jul 27, 1524
We explore the un explored within the explored
Giovanni da Verrazanna enters New York harbor during French expedition from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia. It is regarded by many as the first European exploration of the Atlantic seaboard of North American (assuming John Cabot did not return from his last voyage there). -
Africans
First Africans were brought to America as indentured servants. -
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900,000 IMggrants coem to the land of opputunity
PEopel come from all over the world to seek oppurtunity -
Jamestown
First settlement of the Americas and soon to be Unntied states -
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Pilgrims, the new
Separated from the Anglican church because they felt the Reformation had not made enough
changes. Could not stay in England with these beliefs. Went to Holland in 1608, but after
12 years decided to go to America. Contracted with the Virginia Company to come to
America in 1620. Were headed to Virginia but bad weather drove them off course to
Cape Code. -
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Quakers
Rhode Island, Maryland, Delaware Valley, Virginia, North Carolina
Quakers settled in Rhode Island, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North
Carolina
In 1681, William Penn accepted a grant of land in the area of Pennsylvania and Delaware
for payment of a debt King Charles II owed his father. Penn landed in his colony on the
ship "Welcome" in 1682.
When the Founding Fathers met in the latter part of the 1700s to write the Constitution of
the United States, they turned to William P -
Florida gets a new owner
florida is given to britain from spain new englishmen arrive to control land -
Italian's Bring the pasta
As mayn italians come to live in the united states the sterio types come and now eveybody has an uncle Vinny -
Pre-Industrialization Immigration
Most immigrants that had come over at this point were extremly litterate. They werer either Protestant or Catholic. The immigrants were from the British isles and alot came from Germany Due to Famins -
Chiniese People Want that american $%*@
MAny come to america to escape economic harships and political turmoil. THIs occures to the middle of the year of 1900 -
Touch Down !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AS mayn from around the world and the united states flock to California in hope that they will strike it rich -
The Irish come to the Land of Dreams.
The irish coem to America for food and a new start
The potato famin left many with the only hope of leaving their homeland in serch of anythign better. With the irish came their culter and Religion -
14th Amendment
NO one can be denied the privlage of anythign wihout Due Process of law Thiis is no matter your skin color or race or religion. -
YOU must leave
Many Jews are told to leave RUssioa as tey are beign so highly discriminated -
here comes the Japs
HTe many japanese seek work and move th nHAwaii to find it then later on to California to work on the mainland of the UNited States -
The Work Force of Cotton
black African Aericans were the slaves
3.25 percent of Arican slaves were sent here based on over all slave trade
THey were the Work force of the souther plkantation life style -
NAACP IS created
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was created to Help the looked down upon African americasn assimiliate inot society -
19th Amendment
No one can be denied to vote based on their sex -
The Women become the man
Women were the dominatn work force during WW2 -
Black General ?:????
President Truman, abolished racial segregation in the armed forces. -
When children can't work anymore
Children in the work force were less thaqn women untill this year when chilkd labor laws were put into effect -
No more country girls
Women came to the cities for better life An eazier yet more economic /industrialised life The farming life of the familes and women is few to none from this point on -
The new Black
Mexicans are the new lower class immigtrants and iligeal aliens comming into this country Anybod appearing to be spansih is automatically assumed to be a gardner The sterio types contuinue till today -
Since the beggining of America
Antisemitism Exist from WW2 onward to this very day -
NO more slaves
THe 13th ameendment is teh banning of Slavery except as a punishment for a crime
