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The vikings come to the US but left later on

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Columbus discovers America

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European colonists arrive in the US

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-Unwilling Transportation of people from Africa
-Settlers decide to escape from poverty, religious, political and economic oppression

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13 British Colonies on the Norrh Eastern Coast

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Britain set heavy taxes on goods—> clashes with British soldiers

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Boston Tea party

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Revolutionary war against Britain—> founding fathers draft the declaration of independence

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Declaration of Independence is signed by all members in Congress

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America as a „melting pot“ by John de Crevecoeur

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Constitution ensuring that the 3 branches of government ( President, Supreme Court, Congress) would share power equally and fair

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The Bill of Rights

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Atlantic Slave Trade

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Famine years of the Irish immigrants

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Failed revolution of the Germans

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Peak periods of immigration

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Abolition of slavery

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racial segregation laws by Jim Crow

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The Civil War between northern and southern states

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Change of immigration laws lead to more non-Europeans entering the country

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Civil Rights movement—> equal rights in law for descendants of freed slaves

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African Americans are required to sit at the back of the public busses

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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus for a white man

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Martin Luther King Junior organises the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Immigration laws are changed and lead to non-Europeans entering the country

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Martin Luther King Junior was assassinated on his hotel room‘s balcony

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Europeans account for nearly 60% of the population, America as a“salad bowl“ instead of „melting pot“

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European immigrants only make up 15% of the population

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First black president

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Blm: Shooting Death of Trayvon Martin

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Blm social media campaign

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Women speak up about sexual abuse -> #MeToo campaign

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First black vice president (Kamala Harris)