1. Pictures of the U.S. History

2. Conquest of Paradise? 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers American continent Columbus – a navigator, explorer, colonizer Reaches San Salvador (today the Bahamas), not the USA.

3. The Pilgrims Jamestown – the 1st English settlement The group of puritans escaping religious persecution in Britain in1620 – landing in Cape Cod area Plymouth established

4. War of Independence 1773 – Boston Tea Party Battles of Concord, Boston, Lexington, Saratoga… Militia vs. „Red Coats“ Britain was winning at the sea while Militia were winning inland. Americans supported by France

5. War of Independence Costs of the war: about 25000 revolutionaries died, but only about 8000 in battle. The others died due illnesses About 10000 – 25000 seriously wounded More than 42000 British sailmen deserted. Picture showing Washington and Lafayette looking over the troops

6. Civil War a civil war between the United States of America (the "Union") and the slave states of the newly-formed Confederated States of America under Jefferson Davis. The deadliest war in US history, 620,000 soldier deaths and an undetermined number of civilian casualties XIIIth Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery Lincoln assassinated in the Ford Theatre Ku-Klux-Klan established

7. Immigration waves Owing to: Lack of food in Ireland Pogroms (persecution of Jews) Wars Economic reasons

8. World War I (1914-1918) Zimmermann telegramm 1917 – USA enters the war 1918 – the USA becomes the winning country, gets reparations W.Wilson supports the establishment of Czechoslovakia

9. Great Depression 1929 – Black Friday The 1930s –Great Economic Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt introduces the New Deal to help the US economy

10. World War II 7 December 1941 – Pearl Harbor attacked 8 December 1941 – The USA enters the war Sea battles in the Pacific Invasion to Normandy 1944 Atomic bombs thrown at Hiroshima (6 Aug) and Nagasaki (9 Aug) Japan capitulataes

11. Vietnam War - Kennedy sends Green Barrets to Vietnam. -Tonkin Bay -New military strategies but overall failure

12. Cold War R. Reagan helps to end the Cold War He signs the Peace Treaty with the Rus- sians (Gorbatchev)

13. The U.S. Fights Terrorism George W. Bush September 11, 2001 (World Trade Centre destroyed) US troops in Afghanistan International campaign against terrorism

14. U.S. Presidents since the 60s J.F. Kennedy L. Johnson R. Nixon G. FordJ. Carter R. ReaganG. Bush, sr.W. ClintonG. W. Bush B. Obama