u.s. By peter.976 Oct 24, 1497 italian born jhon cabolt claims north america for england Period: Oct 24, 1497 to Oct 24, 2003 u.s. Oct 24, 1534 jacques carter of france explores the great lakes and st lawrence river Oct 24, 1607 captain jhon smith founds the firstv english colony of james town Oct 24, 1609 henry hudson explorers the north easter north ameri caicluding hudson river Oct 24, 1763 treaty of paris ends in french and indian war Oct 24, 1776 colinets declare independence from england in decerlation of independence Oct 24, 1803 louisain purchese treaty singed with france Oct 24, 1812 war of 1812 between united states and great briten Oct 24, 1846 orgon treaty singhed and a boundry between u.s, and canadaesablished the 49 paraell Oct 24, 1861 cival war begins Oct 24, 1865 cival war ends Oct 24, 1867 alaska is purchised from russia Oct 24, 1896 gold is discoverd in the ukons klondike Oct 24, 1917 u.s. enters into ww1fighting british and french Oct 24, 1929 great depresion begins in u.s. Oct 24, 1941 japan attacks u.s. at pearl harbor Oct 24, 1945 u.s. drops atomic bomb on japan Oct 24, 1969 neil armstrong is the first man on the moon Oct 24, 1991 persain gukf war Oct 24, 1994 north america free trade agreement is sinhned between canada u.s. and mexico Oct 24, 2003 occupation of iraq by u.s.