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Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd president of the United States on March 4, 1801. First Barbary War, 1801–1805. The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio (the 17th state) on March 1, 1803. The United States takes possession of the Louisiana Purchase, December 20, 1803.
The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed. After European colonization of North America began in the late 15th century, wars and epidemics decimated indigenous societies. Starting in 1585, the British Empire colonized ...
1611–16 – Thomas Dale and Thomas Gates serve as Governor of Virginia. 1614 – Peace between the Virginia colony and the Powhatan Confederacy. 1619 – First meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses. First Africans in Virginia. 1620 – The Pilgrims found the Plymouth Colony. 1622 – Indian massacre of 1622 in Virginia.
1513: Núñez de Balboa claims the Pacific Ocean and its shores for Spain. 1515: Conquest of Cuba completed. 1517: Francisco Hernández de Córdoba lands on the Yucatán Peninsula. 1519: Founding of Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz ( Veracruz) 1519: Álvarez de Pineda explores the Gulf Coast of the United States.
t. e. Timeline of the American Revolution — timeline of the political upheaval culminating in the 18th century in which Thirteen Colonies in North America joined together for independence from the British Empire, and after victory in the Revolutionary War combined to form the United States of America. The American Revolution includes ...
1504 – Higüey massacre. 1507 – A new world map by Martin Waldseemuller names the continents of the New World "America" in honor of Amerigo Vespucci. 1508 – First European colony and oldest known European settlement in a United States territory is founded at Caparra, Puerto Rico, by Ponce de Leon. 1512 – Laws of Burgos.
1846 – The United States and Great Britain sign the Oregon Treaty. 1847 – Abraham Lincoln introduces himself to the world by his introduction of the Spot Resolutions in the House. 1847 – Battle of Buena Vista. 1847 – Battle of Veracruz. 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican–American War.
This recession was one of the main causes of the American Civil War, which would begin in 1861 and end in 1865. This is the earliest recession to which the NBER assigns specific months (rather than years) for the peak and trough. [ 6][ 8][ 21] 1860–1861 recession. October 1860 – June 1861. 8 months.