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10,000 years ago the first people came to the Americas over the bering starit from siberia in Asia.
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The Vikings came breiefly in about 1000 AD. -
Plantation owners saw the need for cheap labor , and the first legal slave owner was recognized in 1654. Between 1700 and 1800 an estimated 250,000 slaves were taken to america , and owning slaves was largely acceoted. -
It took 8 years of conflict between the colonies and britain before they gained independence .
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The us wanted independence from the britisch crown and wrote the decleration of independence signed by the founding fathers among them George washington and benjamin franklin.
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Lewis and clark was ordered to map and note the us. They did so on their journey to the west. They got help from the native americans , a girl named sacagawea they would not have made it whitout her.
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Slavery was one of the issues that led to a civil war between the northern and southern states (1861-1865).
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Unfortunately , Lincoln did not live to see this happen as he was assassinated in 1865
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Although some african americans were elected into office in the 1880s , the southern states made it diffecult for african american to vote .
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In 1954 the supreme court decided that the idea of seperate but equal was unconstitutional and segregation of public schools was no longer allowed. -
African american rosa park refused to give up her seat to a white man and her arrest sparked a bus boycott in montgomery , alabama which lasted a year. The most famous of these is the march on washinton in 1963 when 250,000 people took part and listened to martin luther king. The work of many people was rewarded in 1964 with the signing of the civil rights act and in 1965 with the voting rights act.
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From 2009-2017 the us had it first african american president barack obama. In addition , kamala harris became the first femalevice president in 2021.