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Jan 22, 1492
Christopher Columbus
In January 1492 Cristopher Columbus Convince Spain to finance his journey to Atlantic Ocean to find India, but when he reached the land he realized he accidently found "The New World." After that many nations came here to establish colonies and to find some valuable resources.This colonization caused tragedy for Native Americans as coloniest kieed them, ensalved them or forced off their land and many had been died of disease. -
Pilgrims
In 1607 Jamestown, Virginia established the first permanent english settlement. In 1620 pillgrims ariving on the Mayflower established a second english colony in Massachusetts. Slavery began about 1675, where colonist forcibly took a large number of Africans from Africa and imprted them to the southern colonies to work on the plantation system. -
Jamestown, Virgina
A group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. Famine, disease and conflict with local Native American tribes in the first two years brought Jamestown to the brink of failure before the arrival of a new group of settlers and supplies in 1610. Tobacco became Virginia’s first profitable export, and a period of peace followed the marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. -
Britain controlled the 13 colonies
n 1753, prior to the outbreak of hostilities, Great Britain controlled the 13 colonies up to the Appalachian Mountains, but beyond lay New France, a very large, sparsely settled colony that stretched from Louisiana through the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes to Canada. -
England defeated France
British colonial forces, led by lieutenant colonel George Washington, attempted to expel the French in 1754, but were outnumbered and defeated by the French. -
William Pitt raised troops in the fight
The tide turned in 1757 because William Pitt, the new British leader, saw the colonial conflicts as the key to building a vast British empire. Borrowing heavily to finance the war, he paid Prussia to fight in Europe and reimbursed the colonies for raising troops in North America -
British success
At the peace conference in 1763, the British received Canada from France and Florida from Spain, but permitted France to keep its West Indian sugar islands and gave Louisiana to Spain -
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was esteblished as the goverment of the Thirteen American Colonies and later the US. The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, in September 5, 1774. The Continental Congress assigned George Washington to lead the Continental Army (1775) and ordered the publication of the Declaration of the Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
After series of fights,the Continental Congress Assigned George Washingtion to lead and order the publicationof the Declaration of Independence and the start of the American Revolution started. -
American Revolution
The Revolution War stated in 1776 and then it ended when the England surrendered at Yorkyown in 1781. The effect of the war was when the British surrendered and we are now a free counrty and independence. -
The Independence of United State
In 1781, the end of the war was declared as the American independence. The victory of wining the American State land, made a weak nation goverment constitucion. The goverment has to formed a strong U.S. constitution.
In 1788 The new U.S. constitucion was amend for the colonial leaders a constitution, and now we call the Bill of Right. This mean that the peoples will be tray the same way and that evey one will be freedom. -
articles of confederation.
A new nation inicially a weak national government throught the Articles of Confederation. in this period two events has happend, the U.S. constitution that was ratified in 1788. and the Bill of Rights that granted freedoms of speech and assembly. -
The Bill of Rights
July 4,1776 is the most historical day in America.They announced the freedom from the Great Britain.During that time,The Great Britain army are very powerful.They used to lived in their houses but the americans had a strong military leaders to fight the british army.In 1783, they decided to end the war as a result of independence day.That is how they started the "Bill of Rights".They created the first ten ammendments to the constitution.It is about the freedom,assemble and the right to bear arms -
The South Economy
By the 1800s, there was major crop in the south; cotton.Planting and harvesting cotton reqired a lot of labor (sleves).All sleves to do the hard work picking the cotton. Slavery had been legel throughout the north during the colonial period. -
The Northern Economy
The northern developed a varied economy that included industry and commerce as well as agriculture. The northern economy was base on paid labor, however the immigrants, women and slaves provided labor for the growing economy.
The north won the war and ended slavery.
