# data[].attributes.body
The first Europeans come to America
->believe the “New World” would offer them a better life
->hope to escape poverty, religious, political or economic oppression
->take advantage of new opportunities.

# data[].attributes.body
millions of Africans were transported against their will -> slaves, had to work under horrendous conditions

# data[].attributes.body
Clashes with British soldiers: Protesters sank a ship full of tea

# data[].attributes.headline
1775-1783: Revolutionary War against Britain 

# data[].attributes.subject
1775-1783: Revolutionary War against Britain 

# data[].attributes.body
-> drafted the Declaration of Independence

# data[].attributes.body
-Thomas Jefferson: Americans were born with unalienable rights to ”life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness“

# data[].attributes.headline
July 4th 1776: innovative document signed by all members 

# data[].attributes.subject
July 4th 1776: innovative document signed by all members 

# data[].attributes.body
idea of America as a “melting pot” -> immigrants give up their culture and become a unified, monocultural, monolingual nation

# data[].attributes.body
amendments to the Constitution:
-religious freedom
-freedom of speech
-equal rights/opportunities for all American citizens regardless of class/background

# data[].attributes.body
Three branches of government

# data[].attributes.body
peak period of immigration -> came from Northern and North-western Europe, especially Germany)

# data[].attributes.body
Civil War between northern and southern states

# data[].attributes.body
abolition of slavery

# data[].attributes.body
Jim Crow-> racial segregation laws

# data[].attributes.body
many immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe

# data[].attributes.body
Civil Rights Movements
-achieve equal rights

# data[].attributes.body
Civil Rights Movements
-achieve equal rights

# data[].attributes.body
Rosa Parks causing violation of the city’s racial segregation laws

# data[].attributes.body
Montgomery Bus Boycott
- first large scale US demonstrations against segregation
- Pocs refused to ride city buses

# data[].attributes.body
immigration laws changed -> more non Europeans are entering the country

# data[].attributes.body
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

# data[].attributes.body
idea of America as a “melting pot” changed to a “salad bowl” -> the different cultures mixe but remain independent

# data[].attributes.body
Europeans only make up 15% of the foreign-born population (1970->60%), reason is increasing immigration from Latin America and Asia

# data[].attributes.body
first Black president

# data[].attributes.body
acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
-> movement challenging systemic racism and discrimination
—> Start of BLM

# data[].attributes.body
Black Lives Matter protests and social media campaign

# data[].attributes.body
Me too campaign
women speaking out against sexual abuse

# data[].attributes.body
first Black vice-president