us By chase.984 Oct 24, 1497 Italian born John Cabot claims North America for England. Oct 24, 1534 us jacques cariter of france explores the great lakes and the st. lawrence river. Oct 24, 1607 1607 Captian John Smith founds the english colony of Jamestown. Oct 24, 1609 Henry Hudson explores Northeastern North America including the Hudson River. Oct 24, 1763 Trety of Paris ends French and indian war. Oct 24, 1776 Coloinsits declar thier independance from Englandf withthe Declarition of independnce. Oct 24, 1803 Louisina Puruches Treaty sighned with france Oct 24, 1812 war of 1812 between united sttes and greaat britan Oct 24, 1846 oregaon trety sighned and the boundrary between canda and the us is estblished at the 49th parllel Oct 1, 1861 cival war begians Oct 24, 1865 cival war ends Oct 25, 1867 alaska is purchesd from riussia Oct 25, 1869 gold is discoverd in the Yukon's Kondilke Oct 25, 1917 United States enters wwi fighting with british and French. Oct 25, 1929 Great Deepression begins in u.s. Oct 25, 1941 japan attaks u.s. at peral harbor us enters WW2 with allies Oct 25, 1945 us drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Oct 25, 1989 us sign a free trade agreement with Canda Oct 25, 1991 Persian Gulf war Oct 25, 1994 North America Free trade agreement (NAFTA) is signed betwewen Canda, the U.S. , and mexico Oct 25, 2003 Occupation of Iraq by the U.S. Oct 25, 2013 Neil Armstrong is the1969