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17th century: Colonists begin to arrive in America (Text B)

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17th century: Colonists begin to arrive in America (Text B)

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Settlers come for many reasons including:
- desire to escape poverty
- religious, political or economic oppression
- new opportunities

Transport of African people to America against their will to be slaves or servants under horrendous conditions.

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Thomas Jefferson writes Americans are born with the unalienable rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"

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The term is used by John de Crevecoer in his "Letters from an American Farmer" and describes that America  is regarded as a "melting pot" in which immigrants give up their normal way of life, culture, language and become part of a unified, monocultural and monolingual American nation.

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Starting with ten amendments, guarantees religious freedom, freedom of speech and equal rights and opportunities for all American citizens.

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A peak period of immigration from Northern and North-western Europe, especially German and Irish immigrants after different struggles in each of the countries.

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1896 "introduction of racial and segregation laws"

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1896 "introduction of racial and segregation laws"

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Put African Americans in a position of inequality.

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1931: phrase "American Dream" is coined by James Truslow Adams

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1931: phrase "American Dream" is coined by James Truslow Adams

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He writes:"the American Dream is that Dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement"

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sRosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man, she is jailed, leading Martin Luther King Jr. to organize the boycott. It is regarded as the first ever large scale US demonstration against segregation.

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A peak immigration period after the changed immigration laws lead to more non-Europeans entering the country.

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April 4, 1968 "assassination of Martin Luther King Jr."

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April 4, 1968 "assassination of Martin Luther King Jr."

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1970 "Melting pot" metaphor replaced (Text B) 

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1970 "Melting pot" metaphor replaced (Text B) 

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The previous "Melting pot" metaphor has been replaced by the idea of a multicultural and diverse America. A "salad bowl" in which different cultures mix, but remain independent

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First Black president

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"Me too" - campaign

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2013 "social media campaign (#BlackLivesMatter)"

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2013 "social media campaign (#BlackLivesMatter)"

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Started after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. It has grown into a movement challenging systemic racism and discrimination.

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Encouraged women to speak out against sexual abuse and expose it as systemic.

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Until today "minorities fighting for freedom and equal rights"

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Until today "minorities fighting for freedom and equal rights"

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Native Americans,Hispanics, LGBTQ+ people and undocumented immigrants had to fight, and are still fighting for freedom and equal rights. Women are fighting against inequality as well.

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First black vice president