Referát: The USA - Famous events in American history

If we want to speak about American history, I think we should start with discovering of the continent. First it was around the year 1000 by Icelandic Vikings , but they failed to establish any permanent settlements. So next 500 years native Indians were the only inhabitants. In 1492 a navigation error lead to discivering of „ the New World“ by Christopher Columbus .His three ships sailed long time to reach last costs of India by sailing around the world. Instead of that , they anchored at islands called the Bahamas nowadays.