1. A (very) brief history of the United States of America

3. 1607 – first British settlement in Jamestown, Virginia from theMayflower.

4. First thirteencolonieswintheRevolutionaryWaragainstBritain in 1770, and in 1776, theDeclarationofIndependence is signed-> The coloniesareno longer a part ofthe British Empire

9. 1830: Indian RemovalAct – forcedremovalintoreservations.

10. 1848: Mexican-AmericanWar. Texas becomes a part ofthe US.

12. Immigration, WWI and no alcohol 1880-1910 – Massive immigration to the US Industrial boom – economic growth World War I – America helps the Allied forces win. Prohibition in the 20s made selling alcohol illegal. A lot of bootlegging (The Great Gatsby).

15. Franklin D. Roosevelt & the New Deal

16. AftertheattackonPearlHarbour, the US enterintothewarontheAllied side againstGermany and Japan.

17. Cold war– mutual assureddestruction

18. Cuban missile crisis

20. Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr. Jim Crowlawsabolished

21. USA Today Economic recession International conflicts The world’s only remaining superpower Presidential election Barack Obama elected

22. A Change in Power Dynamics? The Tea Party Movement A two-party system with a dark horse challenger? Change?