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A study of skulls excavated from the tip of Baja California in Mexico suggests that the first Americans may not have been the ancestors of today's Amerindians, but another

people who came from Southeast Asia and the southern Pacific area.

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• European colonization had huge impacts on North America especially for the native Americans. This is because they lost land, people, food and self sufficiecy with the arrival of the british. the british felt that the native Americans were a primitive race and did not treat them as equal beings. They often asked the Indians to sign treaties whuch were mis interpreted or forgotten as time passed. In this way the Indians also lost civil rights and freedom.

The act or process of establishing a colony or colonies

The French and Indian War (1754-1763) This war was between Great Britian and New France .They fought in Europe and now was spreading to North America. The British Colonists wanted to take over The French land in North America. Also The British wanted to take over the Fur Trade in the French Territory.

• Ideas matter only to the extent that people develop and apply them. This is the story that begins with colonization and culminates with independence. It is a gripping story with real heroes—people who made choices, took risks, made mistakes, and, in the end, set the stage for the American nation. It shows the origins of ideas like limited government, federalism, and religious liberty, emphasizing how rare and valuable is our American heritage.

• The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence , taking part in the American Revolutionary War , establishing the United States Constitution , or by some other key contribution.

• The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British empire, combining to become the United States of America.

• The majority of the existing work on nationalism has centered on its role in the creation of new states. After Independence breaks new ground by examining the changes to nationalism after independence in seven new states. This innovative volume challenges scholars and specialists to rethink conventional views of ethnic and civic nationalism and the division between primordial and constructivist understandings of national identity.

• from 1790-1820, the population of the US doubles to 10 million people • this is a result of an increase in reproduction, as immigration had slowed • there were only about 250,000 immigrants during this period

– many couldn't come because of wars and other hardships – others weren't sure that America would last

• immigration increases after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 • immigration rates:

– 1820s: 150,000 – 1830s: 600,000 – 1840s: 1,700,000 – 1850s: 2,600,000

• by 1860, the number of states had doubled to 33, and 40 cities had over 20,000 people • shift in source of immigrants

– Irish

• In the 1800-1860 the population double more and

more each year.

• The American Civil War (1861–1865), often referred to as The Civil War in the United States, was a Civil War fought over the secession of the Confederacy.

• By the war's end it was already clear that Reconstruction would bring far-reaching changes in Southern society, and a redefinition of the place of blacks in American life.

World War 1, also known as the First World War or the Great War and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from 1914 to 1919, with the fighting lasting until 1918. The war was fought by the Allies on one side, and the Central Powers on the other. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers or involved so many in the field of battle. By its end, the war had become the second bloodiest conflict in recorded history

TheGreat Depression (1929–1939) The Great Depression was a severe worldwide Economic Expression in the decade preceding

World War l l.

• World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2), was a global War that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. All of the Great powers eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

• The Cold War (approx. 1945–1991) was a continuing state of political and military tension between the powers of the Western World, led by the United States and itsNATO allies, and the Communists bics, led by theSoviet Union, its satelitte states and allies.

• The Vietnam War was a Cold War era Military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Loas,and Cambodia, from 1 November 1955 to the Fall of Saigon, on 30 April 1975.

The primary driver of the invasion was the September 11th attacks on the United States, with the stated goal of dismantling the Al Queada terrorist organization and ending its use of Afghanistan as a base. The United States also said that it would remove the Taliban regeime from power and create a viable democratic state. A decade into the war, the U.S. continues to battle a widespread Taliban insergency and the war has expanded into the tribal area of nieghborhooding Pakistan.

• The Iraq War, or the War in Iraq (also referred to as the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States military), was a conflict that occurred in Iraq from March 20, 2003 to December 15, 2011,43 though secretian violence continues since and has caused hundreds of fatalities.

• The Presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009, when he became the44th president of the United States. Obama was a United States Senator from llinois at the time of his victory over Arizona Senator John Mccain in the 2008 presidential election. Barack Obama is the first African American president of the United States , as well as the first born in Hawaii.