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Vikings came to America
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus: Discovery of America
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Europeans arrive in America
Including Britain, Spain, the Netherlands , France -
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Slave Transportation from Africa to America
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13 British colonies
On the northeastern coast --> firstly good support on goods by Great Britain --> later colonies needed to pay high taxes -
Boston Tea Party
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Revolutionary War against Britain
"Founding Fathers" drafted Decleration of Indipendence -
Thomas Jefferson says, that americans are born with...
the unalienable rights to "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness" -
Decleration of Indipendence
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Bill of Rights
Including religous freedom, freedom of speech, equal rights and opportunities for all american citizens -
Constitution was written
Made the three branches of government (president, congress and supreme court) share their power -
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Northern and Northwestern European immigrants
Especially Germans due the failed revolution and Irish during the famine years -
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Civil War
With the result of the ending of slavery -
Racial segregation laws
Jim Crow Laws -
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Southern and Eastern European immigrants
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James Traslow Adams: The American Dream
"the American is that dream of land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" -
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Civil Rights Movement
Movement wanted to end racial segregation -
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More non European immigrants
Due to changed laws
(Latin America and Asian countries) -
60% of immigrants are European
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"Salad Bowl" instead of "Melting Pot"
The US has the idea of a multicultural and diverse country --> different culltures mix in a salad bowl, but still are indipendent from each other -
15% of immigrants are European
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Barock Obama as the first black president
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Black Lives Matter
getting a famous movement -
Kamala Harris as the first black vice-president
and also the first woman