the US then and now

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  • 1000

    vikings

    11 century
  • 1492

    Columbus discovery America

  • European colonists began to arrive america

  • settlers come to america

    17 century

  • abolition of atlantic slave trade

    17 century to 1807
    people transported from africa against their will

  • First political agreement for self-goverment in America

  • 13 British colonies northeastern coast

  • 1770s

    13 British colonies northeastern coast
    Britain set heavy taxes on goods
    Clashes with Britisch soldiers
    Protestors sank a tea ship of Britan
    "Boston tea party"

  • Revolutionary War against Britain

    started

  • draft a formal declaration of independence

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Revolutionary War against Britain

    ended

  • Constitution

  • inmigration

    northers + northwestern europe

  • first sizeable group of asians arrived in america

  • famine years

    started

  • failed german revolution

  • famine years

    ended

  • Civil war

    started

  • civil war

    ended

  • Jim Crow segregation laws

  • inmigration

    southern + eastern europe
    20 century

  • civil rights movement

    1950s-1960s

  • changed inmigration laws

  • civil rights act gave blacks legal equality

  • Europeans 60% foreign population

  • multicultural america

    since 1970

  • Europeans 15% foreign population

  • first black president

  • first black vice president