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The voyage of the Mayflower
The 6th of September of 1620, 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America on the ship the Mayflower. The pilgrims left England because they want religius and political freedom. This travel continued for 65 days -
The arrval of the pilgrims
Early of 9th November the trip came to an end when thwy saw land in the distance. They decided to built a village whit land to cultivate and keep their animals -
Impact
The first winter was very cold and 45 people died from the extreme temperatures and from hunger. But the pilgrims didn´t give up -
Progress
In March of 1621 the native American taught the pilgrims how to grow. After this the life become better the pilgrims -
War between british and french
For 1754 to 1763 the british army and the colonies fought the French over land in North America. The british won the war but then there were problems bucause of taxes -
Independence
On 4th July ,1776, the colonies declared independence from Great Britain. Their leaders published the Declaration of Independence on this date. In the end, they defeated the british and signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783 -
Expansion and the Civil War
The French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to the United Stated for 15 millions this doubled the size of the country and people started to move west. Their land and traditions were in danger. They forced more than 15000 cherokee people to leave to leave their homes in Georgia and walk 1600 kilometres to the new territory -
Abraham Lincoln
In north of America the people life in towns, but in the south, they live in plantations and own slaves. Abraham Lincoln there was the president of the USA and he wants to end slavery. The people want to leave the union but Lincoln wants to keep the country together. -
War
The soldiers attacked a Union fort Sumter and the war started -
War
Thousands of people died. The Confederates are losing because they had fewer soldiers than the Union -
War
Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses, the Union army leader. The war ended but more than 600000 American died