Презентация на тему: History of the USA
History of the USA
1492 Cristopher Columbus discovers America
1620 – Pilgrims founded Plymouth colony
Mayflower Compact
1624 – Manhattan (New Amsterdam) was bought by the Dutch from Manna-hatta Indians
13 Original Colonies VirginiaMassachusettsNew HampshireNew YorkConnecticutMarylandRhode IslandDelawarePennsylvaniaNorth CarolinaNew JerseySouth CarolinaGeorgia
1765 - Stamp Act
1770 – Boston Massacre
1733 – Boston Tea Party
1775 – 1783 American Revolution
1776 – Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Fathers
Benjamin Franklin
1787 – US Constitution
1803 – Louisiana Purchase
1823 - Monroe Doctrine
1850 – Fugitive Slave Act
Bloodhound
1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of US
1861 – 1865 Civil War
1863 – Gettysburg Address
1864 – Emancipation Proclamation
1865 – Assassination of A. Lincoln
1867 – Alaska was sold to US by Russia for $7,2 mln.
Theodore Roosevelt (25th President) “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
1917 – US enters World War I
1920’s – “Roaring Twenties”
Bootlegging
Gangsters
1929 – Empire State Building
Workers having lunch on Empire State
1929 – 1939 The Great Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt New Deal
1960 – 1963 John F. Kennedy becomes US President
1972 – Watergate Affair
1992 – Bill Clinton is elected US President
2000 – George Bush is elected
2001 – September, 11
Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden
2008 – Barack Obama becomes US President
