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The voyage of the Mayflower
The ship of Mayflower travel across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Early History of America
On 6th September, 1620, a group of 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America, "the New World", on the ship the Mayflower. The pilgrims left England because they wanted political and religious freedom.
On 9th November, 1620, the pilgrims saw land in the distance. They called the first village Plymouth. In the first winter died 45 people, because the hunger and the extremes temperatures.
In March 1621, the pilgrims met the Native Americans. The Natives taught them how to grow corn, pumpkins, etc -
Native American
The pilgrims met a Native American for the first time an he introduced them to his tribe. -
Declaration
The colonies declared independece from Great Britain. -
Election of First President of United States
George Washintong is the first president of the USA, he was elected on 30 April, 1789. He is also considerated as the father of the nation -
Election of First President of United States
George Washintong is the first president of the USA, he was elected on 30 April, 1789. He is also considerated as the father of the nation. -
Expansion and the Civil War
The French still owned some land to the west of the colonies. In 1803, the French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to the United States for $15 million. The preident, Thomas Jefferson, accepted the offer and signed the Louisiana Purchase Agreement. This doubled the size of the country and people started to move west. By 1848, the country extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana was a French and Spanish territory, but in 1803 The United States bought it. -
Start the American Civil War
It's got 11 states now. Richmond, in Virginia, is the capital. -
Emancipation proclamation
Abraham Lincoln with this right proclamated the freedom of 3.1 million of slaves. It eventually evolved into the 13th amendment. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
He was shot in the back of his head while he was watching a perfomance in the Ford Theater in Washington D.C. -
Finish the American Civil War
It´s the end of the war! But more than 600,000 Americans are dead. -
San Francisco Earthquake
It is considerated as one of the worst natural disaster in US history. The earthquake and then the fire distroyed the 80% of the city and about 3000 people died. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Imperial Army attacks the USA's naval base of Pearl Harbor in Hawai. This attack supposed the entrance in the Second World War of the USA army. -
Atomic Bomb
US throw an atomic bomb in the Japanese city of Hiroshima it supposed the end of the war with Japan and a new era in the history of wars... -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The 22th November of 1963, John F. Kennedy was asesinated in Dallas, Texas,during a tour around the city in the presidential car. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
He was assessinated in Memphis, Tennessee the 4th of April of !968 by a shooter shot in his head. It is relevant because he was a figther for the equality of blacks and whites. -
Apollo 11
The spaceship arrived in the moon the 20th of July. The next day Neil Amstrong went out of the spaceship and he became the first man who walked on the moon. -
Signing of the USA constitution
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September 11
September 11, 2001, the terrorist group Al Qaeda did a attack in New York they kinapped four comercials planes, two of them impacted with the Twins Towers, one with the Pentagon and the other one crashed in a open field. The attacks supposed the death of 3000 people and 6000 wounded. -
Obama Election
Barck Obama was selected as president of the United States of America, being the first black president in the history of the country.