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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 ...
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.
1903 – Great Train Robbery movie opens. 1903 – Harley-Davidson Motor Company created. 1903 – Ford Motor Company formed. 1903 – First World Series. 1903 – Elkins Act. 1903 – Big stick ideology. 1903 – Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty. 1903 – Hay–Herrán Treaty. 1903 – United States Department of Commerce and Labor created.
1862 – Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. 1862 – Gen. Robert E. Lee placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia. 1862 – Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas) 1862 – Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg) 1862 – Dakota War of 1862 begins. 1862–1863 – Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.
e. The history of the United States from 1865 to 1917 was marked by the Reconstruction era, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, and includes the rise of industrialization and the resulting surge of immigration in the United States. This period of rapid economic growth and soaring prosperity in the Northern United States and the Western ...
The top 20 presidents in US history, according to historians. Rachel Gillett. February 19, 2017 at 4:15 AM.
May 5 – The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released. May 9 – 1934 West Coast waterfront strike: A general strike is engaged in San Francisco. May 11 – Dust Bowl: A strong 2-day dust storm removes massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl. May 15.
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.