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The USA - History

The USA - History. Lejnarová Michaela, C4B. The beginning the first inhabitants -> people migrating from Asia = Native Americans 50,000 – 11,000 years ago. A colonial history of the United States the first discovery -10 000 A.D. -> Vikings > Leif Erickson

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The USA - History

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  1. The USA - History Lejnarová Michaela, C4B

  2. Thebeginning • thefirstinhabitants -> peoplemigratingfrom • Asia = NativeAmericans • 50,000 – 11,000 years ago

  3. A colonialhistoryoftheUnitedStates • thefirstdiscovery-10 000 A.D. -> Vikings > LeifErickson • (!didn‘t settle) • Ch. Columbus -> discoveredCaribbean (insteadof • discovering a western way to India): October 1492 • thefirstcolonywasestablished in 1584 in Virginia • thefirsttown = Jamestown (1607)

  4. 18th century • theBoston Tea Party in 1773 – to protest againstthe • new tax on tea • theDeclarationofIndependence-> Thomas Jefferson • G. Washington -> the 1st President oftheUnitedStates • (1789) • Washington DC

  5. 19th century • TheCaliforniaGoldRush – 1848 • => roads, churches, schoolsandothertowns • werebuiltallaroundCalifornia • 1812 – warwithBritain • the Civil War (1861 – 1865): • theindustrialNorth • X • theagrarianSouth • Abraham Lincoln wasassassinated • just as thewarended • slavery = otroctví • abolished = zrušeno

  6. 20th century • oneofthe most dominant powers • participated in bothworldwars • 1945 -> A-bombs on Japan • 1947 -> beganTheColdWar • nowThe USA isthefederalrepublicconsistingof 50 states

  7. Theodore Roosevelt • 1858 – 1919 • anAmericanpolitician • 26th President oftheUnitedStates • a leader oftheRepublican Party • expandedthe influence oftheexecutive office* • the Nobel PeacePrize • Mount Rushmore -> • *moc výkonná

  8. SOURCES: http://www.bridge-online.cz/aitom/upload/maturita/temata/10_history_of_usa.pdf , 28. 2. 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States, 28. 2. 2014 http://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt/essays/biography/1, 28. 2. 2014

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