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May 19, 1500
Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock 1500's
In the 1500's Europeans began to come to North America. This began a patternof immagrants coming to the United States from around the world. The Spanish founded St.Augustine, Florida, one of the oldest U.S. settlements. They also built missions in the Southwest. English settlements include Jamestown, Virginia, and Plymouth colony in Massachusetts. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 1700s, manufacturing was often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic machines. -
Revolutionary War
In 1775, the Revolutionary War began, and in 1776, the colonies proclaimed their freedom in the Declaration of Indeoendence, written by Thomas Jeffereson. -
The American Revolution
The establishment of America as a nation all its own occurred from 19 April 1775 to October 1781. Hostilities were required because the British considered the Thirteen Colonies nothing more than another exclave of the global British Empire, and King George wanted the lion’s share of all the Colonies’ wealth. America’s Founding Fathers had had enough, and when 8 Minutemen were killed on Lexington Green, the fight was on. -
Declaration of Independence
In 1776 , the colonies proclaimed their freedom in the Declaration of Independence. By 1783, the United States had won the war against Great Britain and become a new nation. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. Jefferson sent Meriweather Lewis and William Clark to explore the region. -
Civil War
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln, a Northerner who hated slavery, was elected president. In response, 11 Southern states suceded from the Union, forming the Confederate States of America. Fighting broke out over secession, and the civil war began in 1861. -
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.[2] An unsuccessful attempt had been made on Andrew Jackson 30 years before in 1835, and Lincoln had himself been the subject of an earlier assassination attempt by an unknown assailant in August 1864. The assassination of Lincoln was planned and carried out by the well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, as part of a larger conspiracy in a bid to revive the Confederate cause. -
WWI
WWI centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and tactical stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved. -
Great Depression
After the war, the 1920s seemed to be an era of wealth and progress. For example, the affordable automobile was built and more people than ever owned stocks. But problems lurked behind the good times. In 1929, stock prices plunged, and many people lost their money. That began the Great Depression. -
Dust Bowl
Life was hard in the Dust Bowl, a large area in the Great Plains that suffered drought and dust storms.s By the late 1930s, war was again raging in Europe and Asia, and again the United States wanted to avoid fighting. -
WWII
WWII was the most widespreaded and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths (with some estimates as high as 85 million dead). -
Cold War
It was termed as "cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, although there were major regional wars in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan that the two sides supported. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences -
Vietnam War
As the war went on, the part of the Viet Cong in the fighting decreased as the role of the NVA grew. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery, and airstrikes. In the course of the war, the U.S. conducted a large-scale strategic bombing campaign against North Vietnam, and over time the North Vietnamese airspace became the most heavily defended in the world. -
September 11, 2001
On september 11, 2001, terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York City anf into the Pentagon. About 3,000 people died. The U.S. government responded by launching a war against terrorism.
