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The first people came to the Americas from asia over the bering strait. -
In about 1000 AD the vikings visited briefly. -
Christopher Columbus's expedition reached the Americas in 1492, this marked the beginning of European colonization. -
The settlers wanted to create a new country, independent of Great Britain. In 1776 they wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was the beginning of the 8-year war. -
The slaves were transported from Africa and then exchanged for good. They were mostly sold to plantation owners in the US, who used them for labor. Abraham Lincoln used his presidency to give the slaves freedom. Slavery was one of the issues that led to a civil war between the northern and the southern states. The North won and slavery was abolished. -
Freed slaves were supposed to have the same rights as the other free men, but in practice this did not happen. Some African Americans were let into the office in the 1880s, the southern states made it difficult for African Americans to vote. In addition, these states increasingly passed local and state laws that allowed for racial segregation in public schools. There were separate carriages, school and public restrooms for blacks and whites. -
In 1954, the idea of “seperate, but equal” was overturned by the Supreme Court. Rosa park sparked the movement by sitting in a “white” seat on the bus. Segregation of schools and public transport stopped. Martin Luther King jr. was on the forefront, fighting for nights for blacks. -
Although things have improved since slavery, there is still a lot of work to do. African-Americans and other POC still experience discrimination. BlackLivesMatter is a protest against the discrimination and racism experienced by black Americans, founded in 2013.