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US-Timeline

AMERICAN HISTORY – TODAY


9/11 2001: terrorist attacks by the
extremist group al-Qaeda trigger major
Revolutionary War The Civil War US initiatives to combat terrorism
Reason: Colonist’s rebellion Donald
Christopher Columbus against the British empire The Civil Rights Trump
Result: ratification of the Americanwomen
discovers America Movement
American Constitution theright
received
01/2009 – 01/2017
Arrival of European colonialists tovote first African- American
Bill of Rights The Great Depression: president:
The Mayflower brought the Barack Obama
(added to the Constitution) period of great poverty
Pilgrims from England to New
England and unemployment

1492 1620 1775-1783 1791 1861 - 1865 1920 1929-1939 1950 – 60s 2001 2009 2017

It guaranteed:
Who fought?
freedom
religious freedom Led by:
Reasons for colonists
and immigrants to ofspeechequal rights
come to the US: opportunities
forall aim:
ligious persecution ofclassor
regardless
background
lilicaloppression
results:
amine July 4, 1776
eeingpoverty hardships Declaration of Independence:
Intention todeclarepromisessuchas
the
and
LifeLiberty pursuit Happiness of
The term “American Dream” was coined in 1931
Aim connectionwith
by James Truslow Adams:

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