Claude Auchinleck

When the first English colonists arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, they found a Continent slightly populated since several millenia. Eager to free themselves from the oppression of the metropolis and to control by themselves, these colonists have proclaimed their independence in 1776 and created the the United States. Although having known a low register civil war related to the practice of slavery in the States of the south, the young republic developed quickly thanks to the surge of European immigrants. At the conclusion of the First World War, the United States is more the great power of the world, eclipsing the large countries of Europe. They did not leave this role then, taking the head of the “free world” while abrogeant the racial segregation. However, the Guerre of Vietnam called into question the American certainty, making of the United States of today a eminently complex and paradoxical country.

General summary of the history of the United States

Principal article: Chronology of the history of the United States of America

History précolombienne of the United States

See the following articles:

  • On the Indian of America: Amerindian in the United States

The beginning of the American history starts well before the arrival of Europeans. Indeed approximately 40.000 years before Christophe Colomb, the Amerindian S crossed the Bering Strait and built several civilizations, as various as the wandering cultures of the Grandes Plains, the sedentary Pueblos or the people of the east coast, sometimes organized in confederations.

The discovery in 1996 of the Man of Kennewick in (the State of Washington) of origin " caucasienne" and gone back to 9700 years; As well as the remainders of a man, partly momifié, also of Caucasian type found on the site of the Cave of the Spirits, to the Nevada, dated between -11.000 and -8000, give a new orientation in the process of colonization prehistoric and multiple settlement of origin, of North America.

Colonial history of the United States, before 1776

principal Article: Colonial history of the United States of America

See also: Thirteen British colonies in North America

As of the arrival of the first Anglo-Saxon colonists with Jamestown in 1607 with the Boston Tea Party of 1776, the colonies which will become later the United States of America were characterized by features which marked all the history of the country, that it is the massive importation of Esclave S at the beginning of the 17th century, the massacre of the Indians, his land of welcome vocation d' for Europeans, the dissidents persecuted with the arrival of the Mayflower, or its democratic character and rebel, which pushed the colonists to be opposed to the king George III.

History of the United States of 1776 with 1865

principal Article: History of the United States of 1776 to 1865 The thirteen colonies proclaim their independence the July 4th 1776, and engage in a 9 year old war against the British troops loyal supporters (see Guerre of independence of the United States of America ). Those overcome with the assistance of the French, the independence of the United States is recognized in 1783 by the treated of Versailles. In 1787 is adopted a constitution solidifying the assets of the revolution, then threatened by the war of 1812 against the United Kingdom. This period is one period of expansion of the United States beyond the the Appalachian Mountains, but also that where the debate crystallizes on the slavery, which will lead to the American Civil War in 1861.

History of the United States of 1865 with 1918

principal Article: History of the United States of 1865 to 1918

As soon as left the American Civil War, the United States entered a phase of rebuilding, which led finally to the institutionalization of the segregation in the South, while North knew a considerable wave of immigration, and as from the years 1890, of nonAnglo-Saxon origin, while its economy became gradually one of most powerful world. Lastly, the end of the 19th century is marked by the conquest of the West, with the culminating point of Little Big Horn in 1876, and the closing of the Frontière in 1890. It is this power and this dynamism which made it possible the country to start to intervene militarily abroad with the turning of the 20th century.

History of the United States of 1918 with 1945

principal Article: History of the United States of 1918 to 1945

The United States leaves very largely reinforced First World War. Destroyed and ruined Europe, they reinforce their economic domination, and become even a center of the world culture in the Années 1920. However, the Crise of 1929 calls into question the American model, and the answers of the New Deal remain insufficient, the United States finding prosperity only, and this paradoxically, thanks to the release of the Second world war, during which they triumph over the Axis and Japan. Their victory does them in 1945 one of both Superpower, with the Soviet Union.

History of the United States of 1945 with 1964

principal Article: History of the United States of 1945 to 1964

History of the United States of 1964 with 1980

principal Article: Histoire of the United States of 1964 to 1980

History of the United States since 1980

principal Article: History of the United States since 1980

  • War of the Gulf to release the Kuwait

  • Attacks of the September 11th, 2001
  • War of Afghanistan 2001 to the continuation of Bin Laden
  • War in Iraq (2003-2004)

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Internal bonds

External bonds

  • Political institutions History
  • the USA with the turning of the century (1900)
  • WWW-VL: History: The United States of America
  • Haldimand Collection - index of the 232 series
  • Transatlantica, re-examined American studies

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