What is an outline of American history in 5000 words or less?

Disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolution. On July 4, 1776, as the colonies were fighting Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, delegates from the 13 colonies unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence. read more

Britain's American colonies rebel and declare independence; so, a little later, do Spain's. The French start a revolution and execute their king in the name of liberty (and also equality and fraternity). read more

CHAPTER 1: Early America. An Outline of American History "Heaven and Earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation." -- John Smith, 1607 THE FIRST AMERICANS. At the height of the Ice Age, between 34,000 and 30,000 B.C., much of the world's water was contained in vast continental ice sheets. read more