1. { History of the USA I. Gymnázium Matyáše Lercha Klára Jonášová, 4.B

2.  Native inhabitants: Indians (13 500BC) and Eskimos (600BC)  The first discoverer of America is Leif Eriksson – 1000AD  A lot of tribes in pre-Columbian period (The Olmecs, Aztecs, Mayans, Toltecs mainly in Cenral America)  Italian sailor Columbus sailed to America in 1492   The first British colony was called Jamestown - 1605   The first slaves were imported in 1619 The first settlement

3.  National holiday - fourth Thursday in November  Celebration of the first harvest of European settlers, the Pilgrim Fathers, who arrived on the ship Mayflower  Help from Indians Thanksgiving

4.  December 16, 1773  Political protest against British government  Many boxes of tea were thrown into water  Situation escalated into the American revolution Boston Tea Party

5.  Rebellion of thirteen American colonies of Great Britain  1776 – Declaration of Independent of the United States of America  Help from France: supplying arms and money American War of Independence (1775–1783)

6.  1787 - approval of the United States Constitution  1800 - Washington DC became the capital of USA instead of Philadelphia  1803 - United States bought Louisiana for 15 mil. USD from France and increased their territory  1848-1850 - gold rush caused by the discovery of the site of Sutter's Mill in California Other important events

7.  industrial North vs plantation South  Abraham Lincoln banned slavery  1863 “Emancipation Proclamation“ - Abraham Lincoln banned slavery  1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated  Segregation of black people remained for another 100 years American Civil War (1861-1865)

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