1. 25,000 Years of U.S History

2. 1) 25,000 B.C.
Migration from Asia to North America across the Bering Strait

4. 2) 1000 A.D.
Leif Erickson sailed across the coast of North America

6. 3) 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America
Columbus first set out for his voyage on August 3, 1492 and spotted land October 12, 1492.
He called the island San Salvador (today known as The Bahamas)

8. 4) 1609
Jamestown Settled
First permanent English settlement in the United States

10. 5) 1600s to late 1700s
North America is colonized by the European powers
Great Britain
France
Spain

12. 6) 1776-1784 American Revolution
13 colonies joined together to break free from the British Empire
1776 Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence
War ended in October 1781 with British abandonment of any claims to the United States

14. 7) 1803 Lewis and Clark survey the Louisiana Purchase
Acquisition of 828,800 square miles of French Territory in the United States
Purchased during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency

16. 8) 1812 War with Britain U.S. declared war on Britain for:
Trade restrictions
British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion
White House burned
British Army occupied Washington DC and set fire to many public buildings like the White House and Capitol buildings

18. 9) 1861-1865 U.S. Civil War 11 Southern States formed the Confederacy
First shots fired April 1861 at Fort Sumter in South Carolina

20. 10) 1869 Railroads connected from coast to coast
Last spike laid in Utah, joining the Union Pacific rail with the Central Pacific Railroad

22. 11) 1890
Last Indian Battle; Frontier Officially closed

23. 12) 1898
Spanish American War
U.S. was upset at Spanish atrocities and the sinking of the USS Maine
War lasted from April 1898 – August 1898