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Arrival of the colonists to "the New World"
A group of 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America, "The New World", on the ship Mayflower. They left England because they wanted religious and political freedom. -
Introduction of the pilgrims to the American tribe
After a few months, 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. -
Immigrants who moved to 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 coast of North America and about two and a half million colonists lived there. -
Colonists and Britishers fought France in the North of 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 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. -
Foundation of the United States of America
Their leaders published the Declaration of Independence on 1776. Then, the fighting started. The colonists, led by George Washington, fought many long, dificult 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(USA). -
Expansion and the Civil 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 United States for 15 million dolars. The president, Thomas Jefferson, accepted the offered and signed the Lousiana Purchase Ageement. This doubled the size of the country and people started to move west. By 1848, the country extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Occean. -
Creation of the first Indian territory (Oklahoma)
As the new world expanded , the Native American population began to suffer. In the 1830s, the US Government created the first Indian territory in the area now called Oklahoma. Cherokee people died on the way and they called this journey the "Trail of Tears". -
The American Civil War (1861-1865)
1860:There ´re problems in our country. The people in the north live in town, but in the south, they live on plantations and own slaves. Abraham Lincoln is now the President of the U.S.A. He wants to end slavery.
1861:The south´s got their Confederacy. It´s got 11 states now. Confederatte soldiers attacked a Union. So now,we´re at war.
1864:This war ´s terrible! Thousands of people´re dead. The war can´t continue for long because the Confederates´re losing.
1865:It´s the end of the war!
