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13 colonies by 1733, on the Atlantic coast. In 1492 Columbus landed in the Caribbean. New plants were brought to Europe from 16th to17th century. The birth of a nation. Pilgrim Fathers found first colony in 1620 . The first Europeans in North America were the Norse from Greenland
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13 colonies by 1733, on the Atlantic coast. In 1492 Columbus landed in the Caribbean New plants were brought to Europe from 16th to17th century. The birth of a nation Pilgrim Fathers found first colony in 1620 The first Europeans in North America were the Norse from Greenland around 1,000A.D. The first English settlement: Jamestown, Virginia,1607 British slavers take millions of Africans in America To work in plantations, 1619-1865 30,000 years ago Asian hunters crossed the Bering land wnen Asia and America were joined together. 1776 Indipendence declared by colonies from Britain TheFounding Fathers write the U.S. Constitution, 1783. G. Washington 1stPresident in 1789. They would take thousands of years to go from Alaska to the very south of the Americas. They are the ancestors of Native Americans.