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The first people to ever set foot on the American continents, came over the Bering Strait from Siberia Asia. -
In 1000 AD the vikings visited briefly -
Christopher Columbus's expedition reached the Americas in 1492. This marked the beginning of the European colonization. -
in 1607 the first permanent settlement was established in Jamestown. Virginia. -
Plantation owners saw the need for cheap labor, and the first legal slave owner was recognized in 1654. The slaves were taken to America and sold. -
Between 1700 and 1800 an estimated 250,000 slaves were taken to America, and owning slaves wes largely accepted.
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When the colonies wanted independence from the British crown, an eight-year war broke out over disagreement
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In 1776 the colonies signed the Declaration of Independence. The transition to an independent country was a peaceful one, however. -
The United States has a constituion, which was written in 1789 by the group Founding Fathers -
Slavery was one of the issues that led to a civil war between the Northern and Southern state (1861-1865). The North won the civil war, and slavery was officially abolished in 1865, African Americans were not treated as equals in the US.