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The first people to ever set foot on the American continents, came over the Bering Strait from Siberia, Asia -
1000 AD the Vikings briefly visited -
Christopher Columbus's expedition reached the Americas in 1492. This marked the beginning of the European colonization. -
The first permanent settlement was established in 1607. It was established in Jamestown, Virginia. -
When the colonies wanted independence from the British crown, a war broke out over an eight-year war broke out over disagreements.
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In 1776 the colonies signed the Declaration of Independence -
The US constitution was written in 1789 by a group of men called the Founding Fathers -
In 1789, George Washington, who was one of the founding fathers became the first president -
The constitution was completed with the Bill of Rights in 1791 -
On the evening of April 14, 1865, president Abraham Lincoln was attending a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington, D. C. John Wilkes Booth, was a famous actor and supporter of the Confederacy, snuck in behind Lincoln and shot him in the back of the head.