1492 : 1492 : Christopher Columbus's landing in the Bahamas 1585 : 1585 : English navigator : Sir Walter Raleigh landed in North America 1775 : 1775 : War of Independence 1607 : 1607 : Foundation of Jamestown, Virginia 1620 : 1620 : Pilgrims Fathers sailed on the Mayflower from Plymouth to the American coast 1781 : 1781 : George Washington, the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army defeated the British 1783 : 1783 : A peace treaty was signed 1789 : 1789 : G.W. was inaugurated first President of the United States 1776-06-04 : July 4, 1776 : Declaration of Independence 1777 : 1777 : birth of America 1787 : 1787 : rights written into the Constitution 1791 : 1791 : Bill of Rights first ten amendments 1861 : 1861 : American Civil War 1865 : 1865 : The Southerners were defeated and president Lincoln abolished salvery 1917 : 1917 : the USA entered the WWI 1929 : 1929 : Great Depression 1955 : 1955 : Civil Rights Movement (leader : Martin Luther King) started acting together to obtain racial equality 1964 : 1964 : All form of segregation had become illegal, equal votes and equal rights were guaranteed to the Blacks
De 1607 à 1650 : 90,000 Puritans settled in America De 1789 à 1867 : 1789-1867 : expansion westward known as the Frontier years De 1918 à 1929 : 1918-1929 : prosperous post-war years De 1929 à 1945 : 1929-1945 : the Great Depression affected everybody over a decade until President Roosevelt's New Deal De 1950 à 1953 : 1950-1953 : participation in the Korean War De 1961 à 1973 : 1961-1973 : participation in the Vietnam War