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The voyage of the Mayflower
On 6th September, a group of pilgrims sailed from England to America, “ the New World”. The pilgrims left England because they wanted religious and political freedom. The difficult journey across the Atlantic Ocean continued for 65 days. There were a storm on the way and the weather entered the ship, but the pilgrims decide to continue on the new world -
The voyage of the Mayflower
The pilgrims saw land in the distance. The ship finally reached land and some pilgrims left to explore the area. They place and decide to build a village there. Each family built a small house and they had land to grow vegetables and keep their animals. Later they called the village Plymouth -
The voyage of the Mayflower
The pilgrims met Native American for the first time and he introduced them to his tribe. The Native Americas taught the pilgrims how to grow corn, beans and pumpkins. After this, life became better for the pilgrims -
The voyage of the Mayflower
The British had 13 colonies on the east coast of North America and about two and half million colonists live there. But France and Spain also owned big areas of land in North America and wanted to influence the new world, too -
The voyage of the Mayflower
The British army and the colonists fought the French over the land in north America. The British won the war and got some of the French land . But then, the British government asked for taxes from the colonists to pay the war. They didn’t have a representative British government and the refused to pay the taxes. -
The voyage of the Mayflower
They Colonies declared independence from Great Britain. Then, the fighting started. The colonists, led by George Washington, fought many long, difficult battles. In the end, they defeated the British and signed the Treaty of Paris. They called their new nation the United States of America (USA)
