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History of the USA

History of the USA. Adéla Pospíšilová, V8A. Content. native inhabitants first Europeans settlements 18 th century 19 th century 20 th century the Cold War contemporary era Theodore Roosevelt. Native American. American Indians from Asia 15 000 years ago agriculture, architecture

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History of the USA

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  1. History of the USA Adéla Pospíšilová, V8A

  2. Content • native inhabitants • first Europeans • settlements • 18th century • 19th century • 20th century • the Cold War • contemporary era • Theodore Roosevelt

  3. Native American • American Indians • from Asia • 15 000 years ago • agriculture, architecture state-level societies • declination of their population

  4. First Europeans • Leif Eriksson (Viking) – 1000 A. D. • Christopher Columbus • 1492 • San Salvador • Italian, Spanish expedition • three ships Santa Maria, Pinta, Nina • India • Amerigo Vespucci

  5. Settlements • France – east coast, the Mississippi River • England – Virginia Colony in 1607 Plymouth Colony in 1620 • Spain – south of the USA

  6. 18th century • British defeated the French • 13 colonies • wars between the rivals • taxes • 1773 – Boston Tea Party • the War of Independence (1775-1783)

  7. 18th century • 4. July 1776 – the Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson) • 1783 – Britain recognized the USA • 1788 – the American constitution • 1789 – George Washington

  8. 19th century • migration • settlements in the North • the South – agriculture, slave system • The Civil War (1861-1865) - the North x the South - 1863 – Emancipation Proclamation - victory for the North

  9. 20th century • immigration continued • „melting pot“ of nations • World War I - joined the Allies (France, Italy, the UK, Russia) • prospering economy • 24. October 1929 – Black Thursday

  10. 20th century • World War II - 7. December 1941 – attack on Pearl Harbor - 1944 – Operation Overlord (the Battle of Normandy) - August 1945 – Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  11. the Cold War • the USA x the Soviet Union • 1947-1991 • the Korean War (1950-53) • the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 • the Vietnam War

  12. Contemporary era • 11. September 2001 –World Trade Centre, NY • 2008 – BarackObama – the first African-American President

  13. Theodore Roosevelt • 1858-1919 • American author, historian, politician • the 26th President of the United States • reforms in business • 1907 – the Nobel Peace Prize • Mount Rushmore

  14. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA#History • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

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