U,S By nathaniel.811 Oct 24, 1497 Italian born john cabot claims north america for england Period: Oct 24, 1497 to Oct 24, 2003 U,S Oct 24, 1534 Jacques Cartier of france explores the great lakes and the st lawrance river Oct 24, 1607 Captain john smith founds the english colony of jamestown Oct 24, 1609 henery hudson explores northeastern north america including the hudson river Oct 24, 1763 treaty of paris ends french and indian war Oct 24, 1776 colonists declair their independance from england with the decloration of independance Oct 24, 1803 louisiana purchase treaty sighned with france Oct 24, 1812 war of 1812 beetween united states and great britain Oct 24, 1846 oregon treaty sighned and the boundary beetween canada and the united states is established at the 49th parallel Oct 24, 1861 cival war begians Oct 24, 1865 cival war ends Oct 24, 1867 alaska is purchased from russia Oct 24, 1896 gold is discovered in the yukons klondike Oct 24, 1917 united states enteres wwi fighting with the british and french Oct 24, 1929 great deprrison begins in the U.S Oct 24, 1941 japan attacks U.Sat pearal harbor u.s enters wwii with the allies Oct 24, 1945 u.s drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and nagaski Oct 24, 1969 neil armstrong is he first man to step on the moon Oct 24, 1989 united states sign a free trade agreement with canada Oct 24, 1991 persian gulf war Oct 24, 1994 north american free trade agreement is sighned between canada the united states and mexico Oct 24, 2003 occupation of iraq by the united states