U.S.

By maryam.552
  • Oct 24, 1497

    Italian born John Cabot claims North America for England.

  • Period: Oct 24, 1497 to

    U.S.

  • Oct 24, 1534

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

  • Captain John Smith founds the English colony of Jamestown.

  • Henrey Hudson explores Northeastern North America including the Hudson River.

  • Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War.

  • Colonists declare their independence from England with the Declaration of Independence.

  • Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed with France.

  • War of 1812 between United States and Great Britin.

  • Oregon Treaty signed and the boundary between Canada and the United States is established at the 49th parallel. (line of latitude)

  • Civil War begins

  • Civil War ends

  • Alaska is purchased from Russia

  • Gold is discovered in the Yukons Klondike

  • United Stated enters WWI fighting with the British and French

  • U.S. drops atomic bomb on HIroshima and Nagasaki.

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

  • Unites States sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada

  • Persian Gulf War

  • North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed between Canada, the United States, and Mexico

  • Occupation of Iraq by the United States