-
In search of The New World
A group of 120 pilgrims sailed from England to América, "The New World", on the ship the Mayflower. They wanted religious and polítical freedom -
In search of The New World 2nd part
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 yo pay for the war -
In search of The New World 3rd part
On July, 1776, declared independencia from Great Britain . Their leaders published the Declaration of the independence on this date -
Expansion of the civil war
The French still onwed some land to the west of the colonies . In 1803, the French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to the Uunited states. The presidente, Thomas Jefferson, accepted the offer and signed the Louisiana Purchase Agreement -
Expansion of the civil war 2nd part
As the New World expanded, the Native American population began yo suffer. Their land and traditions were in danger. In the 1830s , the US Government created the first Indian territory in the área now called Oklahoma -
The American civil war
In 1860 the people in the north live in towns but in the south, the live on plantations and own alavés. The plantations owners want to keep their slaves -
The American civil war 2nd part
The south has got their Confederancy. It's got 11states now. Richmond, in Virginia, is the capital. They think they're a different nation from the Unión in the north. -
The American civil war 3rd part
Thousands of people are dead. Bought the people in the north and the south are suffering. The war can't continúe because the confederates are losing -
The American civil war 4th part
Today the general Robert E. Lee, the confederate army leader, surrendered yo general Ulysses Grant, the Union army leader. It's the ende of the war, but more than 600,000 Americans are dead