1.Discovery
2.Colonization
3.War of Independence (American Revolution)
4.Expansion
5.Civil War
6.World War I
7.“Roaring Twenties”
8.World War II
9.Cold war
10.1960s - nowadays

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Discovery
Before the so called „New World“ was explored by Europeans, Native Americans were living there. America was discovered by Christopher Columbus. When he landed, he though that he reached the shores of India and because of it he named the Natives „Indians“. Although Columbus discovered America, it was Amerigo Vespucci who recognized it as a new continent and gave it its name - America.

Colonization
The most successful colonizers were the British. The first English colony was established in Virginia in 1607 and was called Jamestown. A few years later a group of Pilgrims arrived on the ship Mayflower in the Cape Cod and established the Plymouth colony. They were religious puritans searching for religious freedom. During the first winter, a half of them died. Fortunately, they were helped by Native Americans, who showed them how to grow Indian corn and how to get syrup from maple trees. Soon after, they celebrated their first successful harvest. This day laid the basis for the annual celebration of thanksgiving.
Within the next few years the Pilgrim Fathers were followed by thousands of other settlers - English, Dutch, Irish and French. They called their new home New England.
By the end of the 18th century there were 13 colonies along the Atlantic Coast which were under British rule"

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