Historical survey of the USA

in 1504      

in 1775

in 1492

that America had been inhabited by the Vikings

that the continent Columbus had discovered was India

that the continent Columbus had discovered was not Asia

for their ferocity

for their architectural skills

for their agricultural knowledge

a Spanish adventurer who was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean for the New World

an Irish monk who was the first to claim the existence of the New World

a Viking sailor from Iceland who was the first to reach the New World

Francisco Pizarro   

Hernan Cortes

Hernando de Soto

Plymouth

Jamestown 

Massachusetts 

bound by a signed or forced contract to work for a fixed time

covered by small hollow marks in the surface of something

elected by representatives from various small settlements along Virginia's rivers

English Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices

An Amerindian tribe who sought to purify their land from the settlers

European settlers who intended to clear the land off the Amerindians

the ship’s conveniences that allowed the pilgrims to overcome difficulties of the voyage

an extract form a treaty between conquerors and the native Indians

the pact that documented founding independent colony and laws for the colony to obey

surviving hardships of their first year in America

their ancestors’ contribution to formation of the nation

God’s help to their escaping persecution of English bishops

wars period (1775-1812)   

early period of their history

settling next to homelands of the Amerindians

it made them collectivistic 

it made them arrogant    

it made them self-reliant 

George Washington

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Jefferson

removal of the Indians to the west   

first settlers’ deaths   

early history of the Americans

the USA and Great Britain 

the northern and southern colonies

the Indians and the Americans

to abolish discrimination of the Indians

to abolish indentured employment

to abolish slavery

the declaration of independence of the black population of the USA

the territory where slavery was abolished

the union of eleven independent southern states

in 1939 

in 1812  

in 1929

The Black Code   

The Ku Klux Klan

Purification Movement

Islamist terrorist crashed into the trade center in New York;

terrorists hijacked a governmental plane;

a bomb exploded in the central railway station of Washington