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5 giorni fa · The peopling of the Americas began when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers ( Paleo-Indians) entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between northeastern Siberia and western Alaska due to the lowering of sea level during the Last Glacial Maximum (26,000 to 19,000 years ago). [2] .
23 mag 2024 · Jedediah Smith, trader and explorer who was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it by an overland route. In 1827 Smith journeyed to the American River near Sacramento, California, and then crossed the Sierra Nevada and the desert to return to the Great Salt Lake.
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25 mag 2024 · In this video, we delve into the fascinating life and lasting impact of Benjamin Franklin, a key figure in American history and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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1 giorno fa · The Great Awakening has been called the first truly American event. A similar pietistic revival movement took place among some German and Dutch settlers, leading to more divisions.
1 giorno fa · The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (in the engrossed version but also the original printing), is the founding document of the United States.
3 giorni fa · The American Revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.
15 mag 2024 · Pilgrim Fathers, in American colonial history, settlers of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the first permanent colony in New England (1620). Initially referred to as the Old Comers and later the Forefathers, they did not become known as the Pilgrim Fathers until two centuries after their arrival.
