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Oct 12, 1492
The discovery of America
12 October 1492, the navigator Christopher Columbus, sailed westward from Spain in hopes of finding a new sea route to South and Southeast Asia, but instead of going to Asia, he went to America, thus discovering the continent. -
The French-Indian war
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. -
The American Revolution
The American Revolution was a revolution between 1765 until 1791. The Americans won the American Revolution War and the British lost the war.They established the United States of America parting the independencia of the British Crown -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence (4th of July of 1776) was the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government. -
The Constitution and The Bill of Rights
It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual. (17th of December of 1791) -
Expansion (adding of new states)
1783→United states (original 13 colonies 1775)
1803→Lousina Purchase from france
1813→Spanish florida Occupied by u.s.
1818-1819→Red river Basin ceded by Great Britain, Spain florida Ocucupied bu u.s, florida ceded by Spain
1842→Old Northwest & area of original states Cedes by Great Britain
1845→Texas annexed
1846→oregon country ceded by Great britain
1848→Cedes by México
1853→Gadsen purchase from México -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
The 1860 United States presidential election. In a contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North where states already had abolished slavery, and a national electoral majority comprising only Northern electoral votes. Lincoln's election thus served as the main catalyst of the American Civil War. -
The Civil War
The American Civil War lasted between 1861 until 1865 , was a civil war between the United States and the Confederate States of America.The slavery was the central cause of the war. -
13th Amendment, ending of slavery
The 13th Amendment made the end of the slavery