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The voyage of the Mayflower
On 6th September, 1620, a group of 120 pilgrims sailed from England to America, "the new world", on the ship the Mayflower. -
The pilgrims saw land
The pilgrims were very excited because their journey was near to end. -
The pilgrims met a Native American
After few months, in March 1621, the pilgrims met a Native American for the first time and he introduced them to his tribe. The native Americans taught the pilgrims how to grow corn, beans and pumkins. After this, life became better for the pilgrims. -
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. But when the British government asked for taxes from the colonist to pay for the war. The colonist thought this was ridiculous because they did not 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 colonies declared Idependence from Great British
Thei landers published the Declaration of Independence on this date. Then, the fighting started. The colonist, led by George Washington, fought many long, difficult battles. 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. -
Trail of Tears
In 1830s, the US Governement created the first Indian Territory in the area now called Oklahoma. They forced more than 15.000 Cherokee people to leave their homes in Georgia and walk 1600 kilometres to their new territory. Around 4000 Cherokee people died on the way and they called this journey the "Trail of Tears" -
The American Civil War
The people in the south want to leave the Union and have their own nation, called the Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy -
The American Civil War
The south has got their Confederacy. It is got 11 states now. Richmond, in Virginia, is the capital. They think they are a different nation from the Union in the north. Confederate soldiers attacked a Union fort called Fort Sumter yesterday. So now, they are at war. -
The American Civil War
The war is terrible. Thousand of people were dead. Both the people in the north and the south were suffering. -
The end of the American Civil War
General Robert E. Lee, the Confederate army leader, surrendered to General Ulysses. Now, the slaves are free and the country is one nation again.