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The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II. The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I , then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...
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On October 12, 1492, three Spanish ships under the command of Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus) landed on the Lucayan island of Guanahani which he names San Salvador(The Savior).On November 14, 1493, a Spanish fleet under the command of Columbus lands on a large inhabited island which he names Santa Cruz (Holy Cross, now Saint Croix). Columbus then visits and names San Tom...On November 19, 1493, Columbus lands on the large Taíno island of Borikén which he names San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist, now Puerto Ricoand part of the United States).On August 8, 1508, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León establishes Capárra, the first European settlement on the island of San Juan Bautistain Puerto Rico.
French establish the colony of l'Acadie (Acadia) on Île Sainte-Croix (Saint Croix Island, Maine), June 1604 – 1605English establish the Virginia Colony on Jamestown Islandon May 14, 1607English establish the Popham Colony along the Kennebec River (Maine) on August 13, 1607 – August 1607England reunites the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey as the Province of New-JerseyWilliam Penn grants the three lower counties on the Delaware River their own General Assembly, making Delaware a semi-autonomous region of the Province of Pennsylvania, November 1704 – July 4, 1776The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland unite to become the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 1, 1707. England's colonies become British colonies.The Territory of Indianais organized, May 7, 1800The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio(the 17th state) on March 1, 1803A hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas, killing approximately 8,000 people, September 8, 1900Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinleyon September 14, 1901The United States recognizes the independence of the Republic of Cuba, May 20, 1902The United States seizes opportunity to build a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama, January 22, 1903 – August 15, 1914Al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole at Aden in Yemenon October 12, 2000.People also ask
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Postwar conservatism. After the end of World War I, many Americans were left with a feeling of distrust toward foreigners and radicals, whom they held responsible for the war. The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the founding of the communists’ Third International in 1919 further fanned American fears of radicalism.