North America By atrewartha Oct 9, 1492 Columbus discovered the Caribbean Oct 9, 1500 Spain set up colonies in America Oct 9, 1700 France and Great Britain set up colonies Oct 8, 1763 Great Britan defeated France in a war and won the France's North America colonies Period: Oct 8, 1763 to Oct 10, 2013 North America Oct 8, 1776 Colonists declared independance Oct 8, 1783 after several years of fighting , Britan recognized America independance,and a new nation called the United States was born Oct 9, 1783 End of the War- U.S independent Oct 8, 1787 U.s constitution is written Oct 8, 1800 Throughtout the 1800's the U.S had grown a lot Oct 9, 1830 U.S population grew in health care Oct 9, 1850 Slavery was a debate Oct 9, 1860 Abraham Lincoln became president Oct 9, 1861 Southern states seperated from the U.S - start of Civil War Oct 9, 1865 End of Civil War Oct 8, 1867 Dominion of Canada is formed Oct 9, 1880 Spead of industry in U.S Oct 8, 1900 By then the United States has been grown to the world's most industrial powers Oct 8, 1900 During this time the United States became a world leader Oct 8, 1900 Immigration tranforms Canada and the U.S Oct 17, 1914 Start of World War One Oct 17, 1918 End of World War One Oct 8, 1941 The start of World War two Oct 17, 1945 End of World War two Oct 17, 1960 Cold War Between Soviet Union Oct 9, 1991 The Cold War ended with the breakup of the Soviet Union Oct 17, 1991 Cold War ends - breakup of Soviet Union Oct 17, 2000 US faces terrorism Oct 9, 2001 Al Qaeda attacked World Trade Center Oct 9, 2003 U.S troops overthrew Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein