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A new government under the Constitution is formed on March 4, 1789. George Washington becomes the 1st president of the United States on April 30, 1789. The State of North Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, November 21, 1789.
Timelines of United States history by period ( time span) — of pre−nationhood and national U.S. history.
Spanish explorers were the first Europeans, after the Norse, to reach the present-day United States, after Christopher Columbus 's expeditions (beginning in 1492) established possessions in the Caribbean, including the modern-day U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, and parts of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Timeline of women in science in the United States. Timeline of women in war in the United States, pre-1945. Timeline of women in warfare in Colonial America. Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States, 2011–present.
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The history of the United States begins with the arrival of Indigenous peoples around 15,000 BCE, followed by European colonization starting in the late 15th century.
