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THE VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER
A group of 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America, ``the New World´´, on the ship the Mayflower. The pilgrims left England because they wanted religious and political freedom. The long, difficult journey across the Atlantic Ocean continued for 65 days. There were storms on the way and water entered the ship, but pilgrims decidedto continue on the New World. A video of the history of Mayflower: www.history.com/topics/mayflower/videos -
THE PILGRIMS SAW LAND IN THE DISTANCE
The pilgrims saw land in the distance. They saw a good place and decided 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 first winter was very cold and 45 people died from the extreme temperatures and from hunger. But the pilgrims didn´t lose hope. -
THEY MET A NATIVE AMERICAN
After a 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 pumpkins. After this, life became better for the pilgrims. -
OTHER PEOPLE WANTED TO TRY LIFE IN THE NEW WORLD
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 areas of land in North America and wanted to influence the New World, too. -
THE BRITISH WON THE WAR
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. But then, the British government asked for taxes from the colonists to pay for the war.The coloniststhought 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 INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN
On this date, the colonists leaders published the Declaration of Independence.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 in 1783. They calledtheir new nation United States of America (USA). -
EXPANSION AND THE CICIL WAR
The French still owned some land to the west of the colonies.
In 1803, the French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to the US for $15 million. The president, Thomas Jefferson, accepted the offer and signed the Louisiana Purchase Agreement. This doubled the size of the country and people started to move west, By 1848, the country extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
In the 1830s, the US Government created the first Indian territory in the area now called Oklahoma. -
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
There are problems in our country. The people in the north live in towns, but in the south, they live on plantations and own slaves. The plantation owners want to keep their slaves, but the people in the north want to abolish slavery. They say is cruel.
Abraham Lincoln is now the President of the USA. A video about Abraham Lincoln.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/the-success-of-abraham-lincoln?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false -
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The south has got their Confederacy. It´s got 11 states now. Richmond is the capital. They think they are a different nation from the Union fort called Fort Sumter yesterday. So now, we are at war! -
THIS WAR IS TERRIBLE!
Thousand of peopleare dead. Both the people in the north and the south are suffering. The Confederates are losing. This is a video of the history of the Civil War.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/surrender-at-appomattox-courthouse -
THE GENERAL SURRENDERS
Today, General Robert E. Lee, the Conferedate army leader, surrendered to General Ulysses Grant, the Union army leader. I can´t believe it! It´s the end of t6he war! But more than 600.000 Americans are dead. Now, the slaves are nfree and the country is one nation.
