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The first colonies

1492

Christophe Columbus discovers America

1607

The British Virginia Company

The Pilgrims Fathers

1620

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13 colonies

Treaty of Paris

1763

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Towards independence

1773

The Boston Tea Party

1776

Declaration of Independence

War of Independence

1775 -1783

1789

George Washington

Bill of Rights : 10 amendments are added to the Constitution (freedom of speech, of press, of worship)

1791

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Expansion

1808

Congress bans the importation of slaves

1823

The Monroe Doctrine

Indian Removal Act

1830

1849

California Gold Rush

First large wave of immigrations

1845

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The Civil War

1860

Abraham Lincoln becomes President

1861 - 1865

Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation : Lincoln proclames all slaves free

1863

1865

North wins the war 13th amendment : abolition of slavery

Reconstruction

1865 -1877

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The growth of the Nation - Part 1

1862

The Homestead Act

1869

1rst transcontinental railroad (cohesion btw the states)

Battle of Little Big Horn

1876

1879

The Gilded Age

Indians massacred in Wounded Knee, end of the resistance and frontier are officialy closed

1890

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The growth of the Nation - Part 2

1901 - 1917

Progressive Era

1917

WWI

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Between 2 world wars

1920

Women's right to vote + prohibition, beginning of bootlegging

1920- 1929

The Roaring Twenties

Black Thursday

1929

1932

Roosevelt's New Deal

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WWII

1933

German Jewish refugees arrive in Am

1941

USA enters the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese

June 6, D-Day

1944

1945

The end

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The Cold War

1947

The Marshall Plan

1949

Creation of NATOalliance btw US and Western European countries in case of Soviet Aggression

Korean War

1950- 1953

1952

McCarthyism

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Civil Rights and Vietnam War

1956

Montgomery bus boycott led by Martin L. King after the arrestation of Rosa Parks = desegregation of busus

1960- 1963

Kennedy President

Cuba

1961

1963

Johnson PresidentExtensive reforms to fight poverty (Health insurance, aid to education)

I have a dream...

1963

1964

The Civil Rights Act abolishes segregation

1964- 1973

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Civil Rights and Vietnam War

1964- 1973

The Vietnam War

1968

Martin Luther King assassinated (shot by a segregationist )

Nixon President

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Recent times

1980- 1988

Reagan President

1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall, end of the Cold War

Gulf War

1991

1992 - 2000

Clinton President

George W. Bush President

2000

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Recent times

2001

9/11 attacks

2002

'Axis of Evil'

The war on Iraq

2003

2005

Hurricane Katrina : Causes severe destruction along the Gulf Coast and New Orleans

Bank Lehman Brothers

2008

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Recent times

2008

Obama becomes the first black president (democratic)

2009

"Tea Party" (équivalent des gilets jaunes)

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

2010

2014

Obamacare

Trump President (republican)

2016

2017

#MeToo

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Recent times

2020

1rst empeachment of Trump

2020

Covid 19

Black Lives Matter

2021

2021

Joe Biden president

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- death of George Floyd, black American who died after a policeman knelt on his neck = 'Black Lives Matter' - advocates for the end of systemic racism, police violence, and injustice against Black people

Indian Removal Act

- Indians are pushed further back (west of the Mississippi River) in order to make way for the white settlers - Trail of Tears : ex. Cherokees (Georgia) are deported to Oklahoma (1838)

Kennedy most important mesure

- "The New Frontier" : put an end to segregation + help the poorer in the country w/ welfare mesures

'Axis of Evil'

- Bush said in his State of the Union address (discours pour présenter son programme) that North Korea, Iran and Iraq are evil. - Wants to disarm theses countries

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Depression years

- speculation leads to the collapse of the Stock Exchange, Wall Street - depression years, banks and businesses go bankrupt + unemployement

Progressive Era

- Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson - Reforms are introduced aimed at fighting social inequalities, higher education and preserving natural sites

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

- largest marine oil spill (marée noire) in U.S. history - caused by an explosion on the BP-operated rig (platform) - release of approximately 134 million gallons of oil over 87 days = severe environmental and economic damage ($65 billion in fines and cleanup costs)

The Monroe Doctrine

President Monroe opposes European colonization on American continent = America for Americans

The British Virginia Company

Its purpose was to establish colonial settlements in North America. 1619 : first African slaves arrive to work on the tobacco plantations

North Korea (helped by the URSS) Vs. South Korea (helped by the Americans)

- Congress forces the Southern states to accept a programme of military reconstruction + give all black people full citizenship - 1870 : 15th amendment gave black people the right to vote - 1877 : the troops leave and Southern whites try to take advantage of the situation Jim Crow Laws : encourage racial segreation by secret societes (like the KKK)

California Gold Rush

- attracting a massive influx of settlers to the West - Americans saw it as a sign that the West was rich with opportunities, just waiting to be claimed and cultivated. = idea of Manifest Destiny

WWI

- US ships are sunk by German submarines : the USA enters WWI - Win the war, over 100 000 Am. soldiers lose their lives - USA becomes a major power internationally

Nixon

- strategic Arms Limitation Treaty w/ the URSS - 1974 : Nixon resigns after the Watergate scandal

The Boston Tea Party

Colonist are angered at having to pay taxes to Britain bc they aren't represented ("No taxation without Representation") Colonist board the ships in Boston harbor and throw the tea into the sea

The Roaring Twenties

- period of prosperity, consumerism reaches a climax - electrical appliances, cars, radios, become popular - literature : The Lost Generation (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Dos Passos) expose the concern w/ materialism

Marshall Plan

- brings financial and material ressources to countries fighting communism - tension between USA and URSS = lead to the Cold War in the 1950s

The Homestead Act

give any settlers 160 acres of public land if he promises to live on it and farm it for 5 years

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Roosevelt's New Deal

- boost economy : create jobs, help the poor and unemployed - economics reforms : Agricultural Adjustement Act, to help farmer w/ subsities - social reforms : right of workers to belong to a union - unemployment remain high until the US enters the war

The Civil War

- Confederate States (11 southern states, led by Jefferson Davis) : want to keep slavery, necessary to farm the extensive land - Northern states: based on free labour, abolitionist - Lincoln is againts secession and leads the war btw the Union (north) and the Confederacy (south)

I have a dream...

- Civil Rights march on Washington to protest led by Martin Luther King - Famous speech "I have a dream..." - Letter from Birmingham Jail : A powerful manifesto in which he justifies civil disobedience in the face of unjust laws

13 colonies

Emigrants settle in America forming 13 colonies They see America as a haven (refuge) from tyranny or religious persecutions.

#MeToo

- #MeToo movement : aims to denounce sexual harassment and assault - Weinstein (film producer) is found guilty of rape and sexual assault

White House denies allegations of collusion btw Trump's election campaign and the Russian authorities

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- 1rst President of the US - Federalists = in favour of a strong central government - Republicans = in favour of individual states being given more power - will alternate as presidents

Battle of Little Big Horn

General Custer is defeated by the Sioux : one event reflecting the growing resistance of the Indians to their conditions of life and the loss of their land

The presidency of Bill Clinton

- economic prosperity, social reforms - political scandals: the Monica Lewinsky affair (extramarital affair, impeachment in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice)

The Vietnam War

North (communist) Vs. South (helped by Americans) - 60 000 Am soldiers are killed - US retreat after growing dissatisfaction at home (anti-war, draft dodgers...)

Pilgrims Fathers

English Puritains who refused to convert Anglicanism reach America on the Mayflower and found the colony of Plymouth. Many die during the first months due to poor conditions.

2008 global financial crisis

- Lehman Brothers bank failed on 15 September 2008, marking the culmination of the 2008 global financial crisis = collapse of the subprime market - the USA escaped thanks to massive rescue plans, economic stimulus and reforms

Obamacare

= Affordable Care Act (ACA) - aimed to expand healthcare coverage by making insurance more affordable, - mandating that most individuals obtain health insurance or face a penalty (later repealed).

Biden

- Biden pass the required 270 electoral-college votes but Trump refuses to concede defeat - Trump inciting supporters to storm the Capitol building (2nd impeachment) - Biden presidency = radical change : overturns Trump's decisions, re-joins the Paris accord, Am troops will pull out of Afghanistan by September Biden = union rather than division (Trump)

COVID 19

Trump didn't take the pandemic seriously, so by April the USA had more infections than any other country (600,000 deaths)

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The Declaration of Independence

- 1774 : 13 colonies suspend trade w/ Britain - 1775 : Blockade of Boston harbor, beginning of the war of ind. backed (soutenu) by France - 1776 : Declaration of Ind.

McCarthyism

- witch-hunt againts communism in Am led by McCarthy - Arthur Miller (and many other) see a parallel w/ the trials for witchcraft in Puritain New England =. atmosphere of paranoia - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg : executed cause accused of spying for the URSS

Reaganomics

- Conservatice policies : reduce government intervention (reduced public spending...) - Liberal policies : free trade, lower taxes = stimulated growth but also increased inequality and public debt

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Treaty of Paris

Marks the end of French and Indian Wars (England Vs. France over territorial domination), and end of French colonization

The end of the WWII

- VE-day : Germany surrenders - VI-day : US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders - 400 000 Am soldiers die - Creation of the United Nations Organization (ONU) to prevent future conflicts

- Kennedy tries to invade Cuba and overthrow (renverser) Castro but fails - Soviet missiles are found in Cuba = new crisis

War of Independence

- Patriots (led by G.Washington) Vs. Loyalists (Britain side). - 1783 : Treaty of Versailles, Britain recognizes the ind. of the United States of America.

1rst impeachment (accusation) of Trump

abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for pressing Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden in exchange for military aid

Gulf War against Iraq

- US forces Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait - Starting point of the "New World Order" (terme utilisé par Bush dans un discours) : the US policies the world

" Tea Party " rally

Gathering of people who are against Obama's economic policies (banks rescue, healthcare reform) = reference to the Boston Tea Party of 1773

The Gilded Age

- industrial growth (Edison and the electric light bulb) - emergence of some captains of industry (Rockefeller, Carnegie) using part of their fortunes for education or art