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Permanent settlement
THe english made their first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 -
Columbian Exchange
The eurpoeans brought African Americans to america to work as slaves in plantations -
Britains in the Lead.
Britian gains control of all North America. -
American revolution
Protests by the french and english led to the Revolutionary war -
Indutrialization began
imingrants from western Europe arrived in great numbers: the settled in cities in the Northeast. -
Fench Territory
The U.S purchased french terrtiory west of the Mississippi. -
Lewis and Clark
Expedition explores the area of the Louisiana Purchase. -
Industrialization booms
industrialization booms in some cities; newcomers moved to rich farmlands in what is now the Midwest. -
Wagon Trails
began moving pioneers to the West. -
Cicil war Began
political and econimical tensions led to the civil war. -
Civil war ends
It took four years of bloody fighting and many more years of ploitical conflicts to reunite the country. -
"Golden Spike"
A symbolic golden spike is used to mark the composition of a transcontinental railroad across the United States -
Land loss in the West
Land available for settlment on the western frontier has nearly dissapeared. -
Continued westward expansion
the u.s continued its westward expansion, annexing hawaii. -
assembly line
use of an assembly line in ford auto olants streamlines manufacturing -
Mass production era
regular radio programming by station in pittsburgh begins the era of mass production -
Mass T.V
The first mass television audience watches baseball's World Series. -
Communist and non-communist forces
many students and others protested us involvement in a war between communists and non communist forces in Vietnam. -
Integrated Circuit
the development of the integeated circuit would make the widespread use of computers possible. -
Suborbit of Earth
U.s manned exploration of space starts as Alan B. Shepard Jr,. is launched into suborbit of the earth. -
U.S department of defence
The U.S department of Defence developes a computer net work that later leads to the internet.
