U.S

By turner.791
  • Oct 24, 1497

    Italian born John Cabot claims North Armerica for England

  • Period: Oct 24, 1497 to

    U.S

  • Oct 24, 1534

    Jacques Cartier of France explores the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River

  • Captain John Smith founds the English colony of Jamestown

  • Henry Hudson explores Northeastern North America including the Hudson River

  • Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War

  • Colinist declare their independence from England with the Declaration of Independence

  • Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed with France

  • War of 1812 between United States and Great Britan

  • Oregon Treaty signed and the boundary between Canada and the United States is established at the 49th parallel [line of lattitude]

  • Civil War begins

  • Civil War ends

  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • Gold is discovered in the Yukon's Klondike

  • United States enters WW1 fighting with the British and French

  • Great Depression begins in U.S

  • Japan attacks U.S at Pearl Harbor, U.S enters WW2 with the Allies

  • U.S drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon

  • United States sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada

  • Persian Gulf War

  • North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] is signed between Canada, United States, and Mexico

  • Occupation of Iraq by the United States