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Columbus discovery of America.
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European colonists began to arrive, mostly from England.
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13 British Colonies on the northeastern seaboard. Colonists came for many reasons, to practice their religion freely or to take advantage of the opportunities the empty continent presented.
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the Founding Fathers came together to draft the Declaration of Independence.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1776 that Americans were born with the unalienable rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
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the guideline for the Constitution of 1787.
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The Bill of Rights guaranteed religious freedom and freedom of speech as well as equal rights and opportunities for all American citizens regardless of class or background.
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After the civil war, slavery was finally abolished.
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The peak periods of immigration came after the failed revolution in 1848.
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American women had to fight for their rights, not gaining their right to vote until 1920.
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Civil Rights movements achieve rights for the descendants of those freed slaves.
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A change in the immigration law led to more non-Europeans entering their country.
