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Independence declaration
The independence Declaration of the United States was signed on 4 July of 1776, the signature of this document is considerated the start of United States history. -
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USA's History
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Signing of the USA constitution
The United States Constitution was singing in 1787 and is the most important right in US. It is the oldest federal constitution which is in force in our days. -
Election of First President of United States
George Washintong is the first president of the USA, he was elected on 30 April, 1789. He is also considerated as the father of the nation -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana was a French and Spanish territory, but in 1803 The United States bought it -
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Civil War
The South and the North of the country started a war, because a group os southern states decided to separated of USA, forming the Confederation. Finally, the North won and the confederence dissapeared, the victory of the North meant slavery abolished -
Emancipation proclamation
Abraham Lincoln with this right proclamated the freedom of 3.1 million of slaves.It eventually evolved into the 13th amendment. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
He was shot in the back of his head while he was watching a perfomance in the Ford Theater in Washington D.C. -
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American-Spanish War
Spain and USA entered in war in 1898. The US forces won the war and Phillipines, Cuba, Guam and Puerto Rico becomes part of United States -
San Francisco Earthquake
It is considerated as one of the worst natural disaster in US history. The earthquake and then the fire distroyed the 80% of the city and about 3000 people died. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Imperial Army attacks the USA's naval base of Pearl Harbor in Hawai. This attack supposed the entrance in the Second World War of the USA army -
Atomic Bomb
US throw an atomic bomb in the Japanese city of Hiroshima it supposed the end of the war with Japan and a new era in the history of wars... -
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Cold War
After the Second World War, United States and URSS became the two greatest powers in the Wolrd. The tension between both countries originated a time of confrontation between them who is called the Cold War. It is also considerated a War between the communism and the capitalism -
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Vietnam War
United States partcipated in the Vietnam War fighting against the communists. And it was a movement inside the cold war. But, they lossed and it was a clear victory from the Vietcom -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The 22th November of 1963, John F. Kennedy was asesinated in Dallas, Texas,during a tour around the city in the presidential car. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
He was assessinated in Memphis, Tennessee the 4th of April of !968 by a shooter shot in his head. It is relevant because he was a figther for the equality of blacks and whites -
Apollo 11
The spaceship arrived in the moon the 20th of July. The next day Neil Amstrong went out of the spaceship and he became the first man who walked on the moon. -
Watergate case
It is one of the biggest scandal in the history, it supossed the resignation of the president Richard Nixon. It was a trame of listens and espionage big scale. -
September 11
September 11, 2001, the terrorist group Al Qaeda did a attack in New York they kinapped four comercials planes, two of them impacted with the Twins Towers, one with the Pentagon and the other one crashed in a open field. The attacks supposed the death of 3000 people and 6000 wounded -
Katrina hurricane
It is the worst hurricane in the Us history. 2000 people died and the economic damages was the greatest in the history. It affected a the West Coast of the country -
Obama Election
Barck Obama was selected as president of the United States of America, being the first black president in the history of the country.
