The time shows the major events in the American History. Native Americans lived in the North and South America long before Columbus arrived and called them the Indians. First people to live in North America came from the Asia between 10,000 and 30,000 years ago. At this time, North America and Asia were connected by the land bridge. Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States including the parts of Alaska and the island state of the Hawaii. Native Americans known as American Indians, Amerindians, Amerinds, Aboriginal, Indians, Indigenous, Original Americans, First Americans, Red Indians or Red Men. North America became populated by many different tribes of people. These tribes lived in the most areas of the country, adapting to the local land and the climate. Native Americans since continental expansion implicitly meant the occupation of Native American land.

Christopher Columbus born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. Christopher Columbus believed sailing west, instead of current route east around the coast of Africa, he would the East and the Spice Islands. Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot on what would one day become U.S. territory when he came to Puerto Rico on November 19, 1493, during his second voyage. Franciscans came to California to convert native tribes to Christianity and prepare them for life in a Spanish society. Spanish missions in the California comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823 to spread the Christian faith among the local Native Americans. Mission was to be turned over to a secular clergy and all the common mission lands distributed amongst the native population within ten years after its founding, a policy that was based upon the Spain's experience with the more advanced tribes in Mexico, Central America, and Peru.

The United States has had many Presidents since the country was formed. The first President of the United States of America was George Washington. He was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. We celebrate his birthday on February 22 with a holiday. Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States. He was President from 1861-1865. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves. We celebrate his birthday on February 12 with a holiday. Bill Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States. He is known for the appointing minorities and women to high-level positions. George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was the first Texas governor to be elected to two four-year terms. Statue of Liberty, originally known as Liberty Enlightening the World, was a gift from France, unveiled on 28 October 1886 at Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor. History of the Statue of Liberty is largely a story of its growing centrality and importance among the cherished symbols of the American nation. Liberty Bell is the bell of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Liberty Bell is the most prominent symbols of the American Revolutionary War. It was rung on July 8, 1776 to proclaim the independence of the United States of America from England. It cracked in 1835.