Tidslinje over USA's historie By GaiaDJ 1607 BCE Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America, was founded in Virginia. 1624 Virginia became a royal colony under English crown control 1665 The English seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch, renaming it New York in honor of the Duke of York. Dec 16, 1773 American colonists staged the Boston Tea Party, protesting British taxation by dumping tea into Boston Harbor. Apr 7, 1776 The United States Declaration of Independence was adopted, declaring the thirteen American colonies' independence from British rule. 1932 Manhatten project 1949 USSR invents the atomic bomb 1962 Cuba-crisis 1989 The fall of the Berlin wall 1991 USSR's breakdown 1994 Genocide in Rwanda Nov 9, 2001 9/11 attack on twin towers 2002 President Bush declares "war on terror" 2021 USA removes the last american troops from Afghanistan