european union

By drewsloan1
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    It was decided that Germany and its capital Berlin should be divided into four zones and were to be controlled by Britain, France, the U.S., and the Soviet Union
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    America set out to remove European trade barriers, modernize its industry, and make Europe prosperous again.
  • NATO

    NATO

    The U.S. formally aligned itself with Canada and it's Western European allies creating the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Schuman Declaration

    Schuman Declaration

    French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented a proposal for the creation of an organized Europe- he is regarded as one of the founding fathers of European Unity.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    The Soviet Union formed a military alliance with their Eastern Bloc neighbors
  • Treaty of Rome

    Treaty of Rome

    Created the European Economic Community, moved European integration on from steel to other areas
  • JFK in Berlin

    JFK in Berlin

    American President John F. Kennedy went to Berlin and made a speech
  • European Parliament

    European Parliament

    First democratic elections to the European Parliament; there had been no opportunity for citizens of Member States to cast a vote of influence on the decisions of Europe
  • Fall of Berlin Wall

    Fall of Berlin Wall

    Mikhail Gorbachev allowed Berliners to destroy the wall; the Soviet Union collapsed soon after
  • EURO

    EURO

    11 countries adopted the single currency and euro notes and coins went into circulation 3 years later.