-
1865 BCE
The american civil war 1865
General Robert E. Lee, the confederate armyleade, surrender to General Ulysses. Grant, the Unión army leader.
It´s the end of the war. But more tan 600,000 Americans are dead. Now, the slaves are free and the country is one nation. -
1864 BCE
The american civil war 1864
This war is terrible. Thousands of people are dead. People in the north and the aouth are suffering. The war can´t continue because the Confederates are losing. They have got fewer soldiers tan the Unión. -
1861 BCE
The american civil war 1861
The south has got their Confederacy. It´s got 11 states now. Richmond, in Virginia is capital. Confederate soldiers attacked a Unión fort called Sumter yesterday. Son now, we´re at wat. -
Period: 1754 BCE to 1763 BCE
The colonists
From 1754 to 1763, the British army and the colonists fought the French over land in North America. The british won the war and got some of the French land. The british government asked foor taxes from the colonists to pay for the war. Colonists thought this was ridiculous because they didn´t have a representative in the British government and they refused to pay the taxes. The 13 colonies decided to join together to fight the British. -
The voyage of the mayflower.
A group of 102 pilgrims sailed from england to America ``the New World´´ left england because they wanted religious and political freedom, across the Atlantic Ocean continued for 65 days. -
The voyage of the Mayflower
On 9th November, 1620, saw land in the distance, finally reached land and some pilgrims left to explore the área. They saw a good place and decided build a village there, built a small house and they had land to grow vegetables and keep their animals, called the village Playmouth. First Winter was vey cold and 45 people died from the extreme temperaturas and from hunger. -
Native American
In March 1621, met a Native American and he introduced them to his tribe. The Native American taught the pilgrims how to grown corn, beans and pumpkins. After this life became.
Other people wanted to try life in the New World and many immigrants moved there. By the 1750s, the british had 13 colonies on the east coast of North America and about two and a half million colonists lived there. But France And Spain also owned big áreas of land in North America and wanted to influence the New Word too -
The declaration of independence
4th July, 1776,the colonies declared Independence from Great Britain. Leaders published the Declaration of Independence on this date. The fighting started. The colonists, led by George Washintong, In the end, they defeated the British and signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783. They called their new nation the United States of America.
