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The Salied of the Pilgrims
A group of 102 pilgrims salied from England to America on the ship the Mayflower. The pilgrims left England because they wanted religious and political freedom. The journey took 65 days. -
The Arrived of the Pilgrims
The Pilgrims saw land in the distance. They were excited because their journey was near th end. They saw a good place and decided to build a village there. Later, they called the village Plymouth -
The meeting
The Pilgrams 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 and many immigrants moved there. -
The New World to the Old World
The Brithish had 13 colonies on the east coast of North America and about two and half millions colonists liver there. But France and Spain also owned big areas os land in North america -
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The ridiculous idea from the British Government
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 colonists thought this was ridiculous in the British government and they refuse to pay the taxes. -
The War of the Independence
The colonies declared the independence from Great Britain. Their leaders published the Declaration of Independence on this date. Then, the fighting started. The colinists, led by George Washington, fought many long, difficult battles. -
The End of the War
In the end, they defeated the British and signed the Treaty of Paris in 178. They called their new nation the United States of America (USA) -
The French Offer
The French Emperor Napoleon offerd to sell th land to Unied States for $15 million. The president, Thomas Jefferson, accepted the offer and signed the Louisiana Purchase Agreement. This double size of the country and people started to move west. -
The "Trail of Tears"
The US government created th 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 1,600 kilometers to their new territory. Around 4,000 Cherokee people died on the way and they called this journey the "Trail of Tears" -
The Expan of USA
The country extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. As the New World expanded, the Native American population brgan to suffer. Their lands and traditions were in danger. -
The Slavery
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 planation owners want to abolish slavery. They say it is cruel. Abraham Lincoln is now the President os the USA. He wants to end slavery. The people in the south want to leave the Union and have their own nation, called the Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy. But Lincoln wants to keep the country together. What will happen? -
The Declarations of Abraham Lincoln
"The south has got their Confederacy. It's got 11 states now. Richmond, in Virgina, is the capital. They think they're different nation from the Union on the north. Confederate soldiers attacked a Union fort called the fort Sumter yesterday. So now, we're at war. I'm very frightened" -
The War Continue
This war is terrible! Thousands of people are dead. Both people in the north and the south are suffering. The war can't continue for long because the Confederates are losing. They have got fewer soldiers than the Union -
The War Ended
Today, General Robert E. Lee, the Confederate army leader, surrendered to General Ulysses Grant, the Union army leader. I can't believe it! It's the end of the war! But more than 600,000 americans are dead. Now, the slaves are free and the country in one nation. But we'll never be the same again!