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From England
A gropus of 120 pilgrims sailed from England on the ship MAYFLOWER -
Their saw a land
the day 9 november 1620 the pilgrims saw land and their are very excited because their journey was near the end. they saw a good place and decided to built a village ther -
The first thanksgiving
The first thanksgiving was in 1621 -
Met a Native American
The pilgrims met a Native American for the firs time and introduced them to this tribe. -
French over land
From 1754 to 1763 army and the colonists fought the French over landin North of America.The british won the arm and got some French land -
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French over land
From 1754 to 1763 the British army and teh colonists fought the French over land in North America. The British won the war and got some French land. -
Independence from Great Britain
the colonist declared Independence from Great Britain. In this date 4 july 1776 their leaders published the Declaration of Independence.
The colonist led by George Washington, found many long difficult battles. -
Birthday of USA
The 4th of July in 1776 was the first bithday of the USA because the leades of the new nation published the Declaration of indempendence on this day -
Flag Act
In 1777, govermment official passed the Flag Act. -
The official emblem
In 1782, congres selected the bald eagle as the official emblem of the United State, becameit symbolised beauty, strenght and long life. -
Washington
Philadelphia was the capital of USA but now is Washington, because Philadelphia wasn't a good localitationfor the goverment. So in 1791 George Washington put the Potomac river asked architects to desing thecity. Later this are became Washington. -
Immigrants
In the 1800s and 1900s, most immigrants arrived in the USA on ships. -
Napoleon and their $5 million
In the 1803 the French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land of the United States for $5 million. The president Thomas Jefferson, accepted the offer and signed the Louisiana. -
New flag
In the 1818 USA decided to have a flag with 13 stripes to represents the 13 originals colonies, and a star to represent each state in the Union -
Oklahoma
In the 1830 the US goverment created the firs indian territory ( now is Oklahoma). -
Problems in the country
The people of the north life in tows, but in south live on plantations and own slaves.
Abraham Lincoln is the president of the USA. the people in the south want to leave the Union and have their own nation, called the Confederated Stated of America. But Lincoln wants to keep the country together. -
1861 the war
The south have their Cofenderacy. It's got 11 states now. Richmond is the capital. They think are a different nation of the Union in the nourth, and this do a war. -
Thousands of people.
Thousands of people was dead of the war. The war is continued for lon time because the Confederates are losing. -
Surrendered
The General Robert E. Lee surrendered to general Ulysses Grant.
More than 600,000 Americans are dead. -
Kitty Hawk
The adult Wright brothers took a plane to Kitty Hawk, an emply beach in North Carolina. -
The hottest area
Dead Valley, Furnace Creek is the hottest area, with a recorded temperatures of 56'7ºC in the 1913 -
Grand canyon
The Grand cayon became a national park in 1919. -
Roger Woodward.
In 1960, a sven year old boy called Roger Woodward was the only person to survived going over the falls with anly a life jacket.
