HISTORY of the United States.
By kerbausama
@kerbausama (1335)
Malaysia
February 3, 2007 3:49am CST
The American continent ranges from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and includes outlying areas as well. The first inhabitants of the area now claimed by the United States arrived at least 12,000 years ago, probably by crossing the Bering land bridge into Alaska. Relatively little is known of these early settlers compared to the Europeans who colonized the area after the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Columbus' men were also the first known Old Worlders to land in the territory of the United States when they arrived in Puerto Rico the next year on their second voyage; the first European known to set foot in the continental U.S. was Juan Ponce de León, who arrived in Florida in 1513, though he may have been preceded by John Cabot in 1497
HOW BORING THE HISTORY.ISN"T IT?
YOU LIKE IT???????
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3 responses
@kulanuwun (1404)
• Indonesia
21 Feb 07
Tensions between American colonials and the British during the revolutionary period of the 1760s and 1770s led to open military conflict in 1775. George Washington commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) as the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Congress had been formed to confront British actions and created the Continental Army, but it did not have the authority to levy taxes or make federal laws. In 1777, the Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, uniting the states under a weak federal government, which operated from 1781 until 1788. Dissatisfaction with the strength of the national government led to a constitutional convention in 1787. By June of 1788, enough states had ratified the United States Constitution to establish the new government, which took office in 1789. The Constitution, which strengthened the union and the federal government, has since remained the supreme law of the land.
I THINK ITS MORE BORING :D
@abroji (3247)
• India
21 Feb 07
It is not boring, it's interesting. But can you say what happened to those early settlers or native Americans? How did number of these people came down to such level that they need special preservative steps to resist extinction? Can you explain that?
@judyt00 (3496)
• Canada
3 Feb 07
I didn't like it the firsttime I heard it 45 years ago,. However, most of that has been proved wrong since then they've found skeletal remains that are about 25000 years old and they have factual proof that vikings were regular visitors to North America long before Columbus was born, and may in afct have interbred with the native population about 3000 years ago. Mkes you wonder what history really teaches, doesn't it?
