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Mar 2, 1492
Mar. 2, 1492 Christopher Cloumbus
If Columbus never sailed most of us would never be alive because our parents families come from different places and would probably not have met... and some people, when they sailed to America even had babies with the Indians which would also mean that even more of us wouldn't be alive. he landed at a small island in the Bahamas. He then sailed south to Cuba and Hispaniola, and returned to Spain believing that he had found islands off the coast of Asia. He was the first european explorer. -
Jamestown was founded
In 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. -
The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a conflict over which of the French and British Empires would control most of newly settled North America and occurred during 1754-1763. If the French and Indian War never happened, I think that France would probably gain control of the Thirtein Colonies, similar to how Great Britain gained control of most of the Louisiana in OTL. -
Louisiana Purchase
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The Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was a policy that was passed by the United States in the 1830 and it was written by Congress. The point of the Indian Removal Act was to push the Native Americans out of their land for their own use for farming and other needs of the United States. If the Indian Removal Act never happened -
Manifest Destiny Starts
Manifest Destiny was a belief in the 1830s and 1840s that the "divine right" of the US was to expand westward toward the Pacific Ocean and conquer the entire continent. -
Lewis and Clark settled
Lewis and Clark were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the west.Thomas Jefferson wanted them to make friends with the native Americans .So that the natives would do trade during the expedition and not attack the white people .Thomas Jefferson also wanted Lewis and Clark to find new spieces of plant and animal. If they never explored someone else would have been selected to lead the expedition. The US government had just made an enormous land purchase from France and needed to inspect. -
Civil War
If the civil war never happen then the north and the south would still be mad at each other and we might have split into two different countries by now. -
Start of Industrial Revolution
If the industrial revolution never happened then we would still be cutting wood for fire. -
Cold war
For more than 40 years (1945-1989) the USSR was in conflict with the West.The cold war happened to stop get rid of afairs, and that brought major crises. If the cold war never happened, our world would have taken different paths.