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An Outline of the U.S. History

An Outline of the U.S. History. Discovery , colonization. October 1492 – Columbus discovers America Jamestown , Virginia – the first English settlement 1620 – Pilgrim Fathers establish Plymouth Pennsylvania settled by W. Penn ( Quakers )

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An Outline of the U.S. History

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  1. AnOutlineofthe U.S. History

  2. Discovery, colonization • October 1492 – ColumbusdiscoversAmerica • Jamestown, Virginia – thefirstEnglish settlement • 1620 – PilgrimFathersestablish Plymouth • Pennsylvaniasettled by W. Penn (Quakers) • Britainatwarwith France. Treatyof Paris (1763) – Britainis a supremepower in America

  3. FightingforIndependence • 1773 – the Boston Tea Party. ThefirstconflictwithBritain. Motto: „No taxationwithoutrepresentation!“ • DeclarationofIndependence (Thomas Jefferson) 4 July 1776 • US Constitution 1787 drafted, 1788 accepted, 1789 put intoeffect • George Washington elected US President (1789) • BillofRightsratified in 1791

  4. USA – the19thcentury • 1800 – Washington DCbecomesthecapital • 1849 – GoldRush (J.Londonwritesbooksaboutit) • 1861-1865 – Civil Warresulting in abolishmentofslavery (1863 EmancipationProclamation) • Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant 1865 • President A. Lincoln assassinated by J.W. Booth in the Ford Theatre

  5. TheEraof Great Inventions • G. Bell – telephone (1876) • T.A. Edison – electriclight (1879) • H. Ford – car massproduction (1896) • Wrightbrothers – firstflight (1905)

  6. WorldWar I (1914-1918) • USA entersthewar in 1917 afterthe Zimmermann Telegrammecaptured by BritishIntelligence • W. Wilson, US President, helpsTGM to formCzechoslovakia in 1918 • USA isoneofthewinnersandgets a warreparations

  7. Betweenthewars… • 1929 – thestock market collaps, worldeconomyruined • 1932 – the New Deal : a politicalandsocialprogramme by Franklin D. Roosevelt • Nationalparksfounded, highwaysconstructed

  8. WorldWar II (1939-1945) • Dec 7, 1941 – PearlHarborattacked • Dec 8, 1941 – USA declareswarat Japan • D-Day = invasion in Normandy • VE-Day = victory in Europe (8 May 1945) • Atomic bomb thrownatHiroshima (6 Aug), Nagasaki (9 Aug) • VJ-Day = victory in Japan (2 Sept 1945)

  9. ColdWar • 1950s – 1980spoliticalconflictofSoviet Union and Western Allies • 1963 – JFKassassinated in Dallas, TX • 1960s – Civil RightsMovement (anti-segregation) • Vietnam War (1973 US troopswithdrawn) • WatergateAffair – a politicalscandal, R. Nixonresigns

  10. USA fightsTerrorism • September 11, 2001 – WorldTrade Centre destroyed by terrorists • 2003 – USA declareswaratIraq. DictatorSaddamHusseincapturedandexecuted. • Controversialpolicyof G. W. Bush

  11. Few more pictures…

  12. KennedyAssassination in Dallas

  13. Photographs of the My Lai Massacre provoked world outrage and made it an international scandal.

  14. September 11, 2001

  15. Washington D.C.

  16. New York City

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