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British Settle In America-Early 1600s
British people settled on the east coast of what is now the United States. They took lands from the original inhabitants, the Native Americans, and they imported African slaves to do manual labour. The settlers treated both groups as inferior.-Early 1600s -
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Thirteen British Colonies-Early 1700s
There were 13 British colonies on the east coast : Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia -
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American War Of Independence
The American colonists made a Declaration of Independence from British rule and defeated the British in the American War of Independence . -
Declaration of Independence.
On July 4,1776, delegates to the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence to their English 'Masters' and this initiated the War of Independence in which the British forces tried vainly to hold onto their American colonies. -
The American Constitution
The Founding Fathers of the new nation, the United States of America, wrote the American Constitution. The Constitution set out the system of government for the new nation. The 13 colonies were now the 13 states. -
1st Amendment Of The US Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -
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Americans Migrate Westward
Early 19th century -- Americans migrated westward and southward, taking possession of Native American land and creating new states. -
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American Civil War
The Southern states fought the Northern states in the American civil war. By the early 19th century, slavery had died out in the Northern states but not in the Southern states. Tensions over slavery caused the South to declare its independence and to call itself the Confederate States of America or Confederacy. However, the North successfully fought to force the South back into the United States in the American civil war (1861-65). -
13th Amendement
Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
14th Amendement
It says that anyone born in the United States is a citizen and has the rights of a citizen. This ensured that the freed slaves were officially U.S. citizens and were awarded the rights given to U.S. citizens by the Constitution. The amendment also said that once a person becomes a U.S. citizen, their citizenship cannot be taken away. The exception to this is if that person lied in order to become a citizen. -
15th Amendement
Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.Despite this barriers continued such as literacy tests ( black people received less education than white people) -
Jim Crow Laws
After the Civil War the victorious Northern states gradually lost interest in African Americans in the South, so from the late 1870s, Southern whites introduced segregation laws -- a new form of race control. These laws were known as the Jim Crow laws.They essentially worked to indoctrinate the nation and tell it that black people were inferior. -
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USA Fights In WW1
1917-18 -- The United States fought against Germany in World War I.They fought on the side of the Allies (Britain,France) -
Wall Street Crash Triggers Great Depression
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. -
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USA Fights In WW2
1941-45 -- In World War II the United States fought against Germany and Italy in Europe and against Japan in the Pacific. The leading US allies in this war were Russia (known by this time as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR) and Britain.