North American history

North America's history is rich in its diverse cultures and civilizations, from the Eskimo in the far north of the continent, to the Aztec, Olmec and Mayan civilizations in the south.

Greenland

The prehistory of Greenland is the repeated history of Inuit immigration from the lands of North America. According to the Nordic sagas, Greenland was discovered around the year 900 by the Norwegian navigator Gunnbjörn. During the 980s, Vikings based in Iceland were the first European visitors to Greenland, exploring the island's uninhabited southwestern coast. In 1536, Denmark and Norway officially joined, and Greenland began to be considered more of a Danish than a Norwegian dependency. Currently, the Greenlandic local government presents itself as an "Inuit nation". Danish place names have been replaced by local names. Godthåb, the center of Danish civilization on the island, is now called Nuuk, the capital of a virtually sovereign government. In 1985 the flag of Greenland was established, based on the colors of the flag of Denmark. However, the movement in search of total sovereignty has not yet gained consensus.

Canada

The first inhabitants of the region were various peoples from Siberia, who arrived through the Bering Strait, and a little later the last Inuit (Eskimo) peoples arrived from Asia (see Amerindians from Canada). In the 18th century, a conflict broke out between France and Great Britain that spread to the colonies; that conflict ended in a British victory. In 1763, with the Treaty of Paris, New France became a British colony. A few years later, Great Britain officially recognized French civil law and guaranteed religious and linguistic freedom for Canada's French-speaking population. In 1982, a major constitutional reform took place: the British North America Act 1867 and its numerous amendments became the Constitution Act 1982, now the Constitution of Canada. In recent years, Québecers have spoken out on the question of national unity. Twice, once in 1980 and once in 1995, they voted in referendums on the province's sovereignty. The majority obtained in the voting was in favor of the continuation of Quebec in Canada.

United States

• United States Independence War
• History of the United States (1789-1849)
  • American intervention in Mexico
• American Civil War

Bermuda shorts

The discovery is attributed to Juan Bermúdez, from Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Spain, possibly in 1503. He returned in 1515, they did not attempt to dock due to bad weather.

The first settlement occurred in 1609 by English settlers heading to Virginia. During a storm, the ship named Sea Venture got separated from the rest of the fleet and hit the reefs, the entire crew was saved, later they built two ships and the captain headed for Virginia again. England became interested in the archipelago and in 1612 sent a contingent of 60 colonists.

The islands were leased to the United States as a military base in 1941 for 99 years. In 1995 the US bases were closed and in 2002 they returned the land of their bases.

Bermuda is under the supervision of the Decolonization Committee.

Mexico

Pre-Hispanic Mexico is a period in the country's history prior to the Spanish conquest and colonization from 1521. It is necessary to clarify that Mexico is a modern state whose borders were established in the middle of the century XIX. Therefore, the Mexican history of pre-Hispanic times is the history of the peoples who lived in that territory, not the history of the Mexican state in pre-Columbian times.

The pre-Hispanic history of Mexico begins with the arrival of its first settlers. Numerous hypotheses have been proposed about the population of America, but the one with the greatest acceptance and supporting evidence indicates that humans entered the continent through Beringia during the ice age. This theory is supported by recent DNA studies based on Y-chromosome haplogroups (Y-DNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups. The time in which this occurred is a matter of debate between those who defend the theory of early settlement and that of late settlement. In the case of Mexico, some authors have wanted to see evidence that supports the former, such as the findings of El Cedral (San Luis Potosí), to which an age of 33,000 years is attributed.

• Pre-Hispanic Mexico
• Conquest of Mexico
• Virreinato de Nueva España
• Independence of Mexico

Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of North America

• Independent period