1000Viking raider Leif Ericson discovers North America Newfoundland calls it Vinland.1492Christopher Columbus discovers Caribbean islands1497 Italian seaman employed by England, reaches and explores the Canadiancoast. 1565 St.Augustine founded by the Spanish in Florida. 1585, 1587Sir Walter Raleigh sends two groups of people to settle in Virginia 1607Colonization of North America begins with the establishment of the firstpermanent English colony Jamestown in Virginia. 1613 Virginiasettlers start growing tobacco for sale, give up searching for gold1619 Thefirst group of 20 African slaves brought to North America.1620 ThePilgrim Fathers establish their colony at Plymouth 1624 Censusshows only 1275 survivors out of nearly 26 NewAmsterdam founded by the Dutch. 1664 NewAmsterdam captured by the British and renamed New York. 1691 TheBoston colony with the Plymouth colony combine under the name of Massachusetts1733 Georgia,the last. thirteenth British colony founded in North America.1756-63The French and Indian War. Britain takes over Canada and East Louisiana fromFrance. 1764Stamp Act which led to violent opposition in the colonies.1773 BostonTea Party.1774 Thefirst Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia.1775-81 83 The War of Independence.1775The second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and begins to act as anational government. 1776, July 4, Declaration of Independence. 1777 A British army surrenders at Saratoga. 1781, October 17, British General Cornwallis surrenders toGeneral Washington Yorktown.
End of the fighting. 1781 The Articles of Confederation issued.1783 Peace Treaty of Paris Версальский договор . Britain recognizes Americanindependence. 1787 The Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia,adopts the Constitution of the United States.1787 The Northwest Ordinance issued treating Indiansfairly, governing new territories .1789 George Washington becomes first President of the UnitedStates. 1791 The Bill of Rights the first ten amendments to theConstitution ratified. 1800 The Federal Government moves to Washington.1803 Napoleon sells Louisiana for 15,000,000.1804 The first expedition to the Pacific by land.1808 Importing slaves becomes a crime.1817 Indians will have tobe moved.1818 The Compromise Line adopted.1819 Annexation of Florida.1830 The government passes the Indian Removal Act.1835 American rebellion in Texas.1845 Annexation of Texas.1846-48 The Mexican-American War.1867 Russia sells Alaska for 7,200,93 Abandonment of the policy of isolation.1898 The Spanish- American war.