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Columbus(1490-1499)
the Americas prior to European exploration saw a North American and Caribbean population of native Americans that spread across the continent at a level still debated among scholars. Between one million and one hundred million people are estimated to have lived in the Americas prior to Columbus. this is important because it when america was discovered -
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Exploration(1500-1599)
Europeans began to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new routes to China and the East, but in the process they discovered an entirely New World: North and South America, plus many other lands. -
Colonists Land at Jamestown
On December 6, 1606, the journey to Virginia began on three ships: the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. This was important because it was the first permanent British settlement in North America. -
The American Revolution (1770-1779)
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France. The American Revolution was important in U.S history because American Revolution was a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain. -
American Rights(1700-1769)
Wars among colonial powers from Queen Anne to French and Indian led to growing unrest within the colonies themselves as taxes were levied without representation, which would lead to the next decade to come and revolution. -
Declaration of Independence Signed
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was officially signed. This was important in U.S history because after this event occurred the U.S became a free nation. -
American Builds(1790-1799)
January 8, 1790 - The first State of the Union address is given by first president George Washington.February 1, 1790 - The Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the initial session. These and the many other events that occurred threw out this time period were important to U.S history because they were the first things that the U.S did a free nation. -
The war of 1812 (1810-1819)
the War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom.During 1810, the causes of the War of 1812 began to emerge. Four thousand naturalized American sailors had been seized by British forces by this year, which forced trade between England and the United States to grind to a halt.The White House is burned by British forces -
The Mexican War (1840-1849)
The Mexican–American War,[a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the Intervention estadounidense en Mexico was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the Second Federal Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848. In 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, forced onto the remnant Mexican government, ended the war and enforced the Mexican Cession of the northern territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States. -
Civil War(1860-1869)
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. The most studied and written about episode in U.S. history, the Civil War began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. This is important because it freed African Americans from slavery. -
Lincoln Assassination
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. This was important to U.S history because Lincoln was one of the first presidents to fight against slavery -
Age of Immigration
IMMIGRATION was nothing new to America. Except for Native Americans, all United States citizens can claim some immigrant experience, whether during prosperity or despair, brought by force or by choice. -
World War 1(1914-1918)
World War I originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars",[7] it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. This was important to U.S history because it was known as “The war to end all wars”. -
Great Depression(1929-1930s)
DescriptionThe Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. This was important to U.S history because this was one of the worst times for the U.S and was right after World War I. -
World War 2(1939-1945)
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. This was important to U.S history because if we would have lost to Hitler and the rest of the Axis God knows where we would be at now. -
Pearl Harbor Bombed, U.S join WW2
Although the war began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. This was important to U.S history because if that wouldnt have happened the U.S would have not entered WW2 and Hitler and his German army could have taken over the whole U.S. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
DescriptionDuring the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. This was important to U.S history because after the bombings World War II would come to an end. -
First Moon Landing
DescriptionApollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. This was important to U.S history because it was the first time any American set foot on the moon and planted an American flag. -
The Fight Against Terrorism/ War On Terror(2000-2009)
The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that was launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks against the United States. This is important to U.s History because this was the first time we ever got attacked by terrorists which we now know as terrorism. -
Economic Recovery
Economic recovery is the phase of the business cycle following a recession, during which an economy regains and exceeds peak employment and output levels achieved prior to the downturn. A recovery period is typically characterized by abnormally high levels of growth in real gross domestic product, employment, corporate profits, and other indicators. This is what the U.S had to do. This was important to U.S history because it helped after the terrorist attacks.
