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The Deliberence
The ship named "The Deliberence" sails towards America. 120 years after Columbus had reached the same continent, but instead, to South America. -
Pocahontas
Rollfe married Pocahontas, an indigenous princess, in Virginia -
Pilgrims
100 Pilgrims had landed in North America. After 5 months of winter, barely half had survived. Earlier, Europeans had brought plague, and now 1/10 of the Pilgrims died. -
Mayflower
The Mayflower returns arrives to England. With different planta and animals, bringing some of the nature of America to Europe. -
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Growth
Afterwards, tens of thousands of Europeans travel to North America in search of a better life. Germans and Irish push back the frontier. 13 Colonies are established. There is inmenses growth. -
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Slavery
A quarter million slaves from Africa are brought to North America. -
Thanksgiving
The unison of the native Americans and the Pilgrims started Thanksgiving. -
Boston Massacre
Boston was a powerful city, an area of commerce and exchange. A revolution started, where the public, the melting pot of people from different ethnicities, hated the British for treating them badly. Soon, there is a start of a war, with many deaths in Boston -
Conflict Against the British
Hundreds of men blame the British for their problems on King Street. They all revoke against their red codes, this is how war started. -
Training against the British
In Concord and Lexington, people are trained and are preparing to defend themselves against the British. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
900 british redcloacks leave their Boston barracks, lexington and concord, and walk about 30 kilometers a day, to arrest the rebel leaders. Warning spreads across New England, warning of the coming of the Europeans.
Free African-American slaves were fighting with the rebels. A battle broke out among the two armies. British against the New Americans. The rebels were outnumbered by the redcoats. The American Revolutionary War started here. -
British War Ships
45 British War ships attack New York, with cannons and soldiers. Followed by 356 other ships coming from Britain. -
George Washington
The rebel army is lead by George Washington. His inexperienced recruits were about to face one of the most impressive armies in the world. -
First Continental Session
50 delegates fmor 13 colonies hold an emegernecy session. Some don't believe they stand a chance. -
Declaration of Independence
John Adams, Benjamin Franklyn, Thomas Jefferson are the of the Founding Fathers. -
New York City is Under Fire
Kips Bay, New York. Men stand guard against Britain. Ships attack the coast. New York City is under fire, 200,000 British cannon balls smash the colonists in only half an hour. 4,000 birtish troops storm Manhattan, with 6 times more war experience than a Colonist recruit, causign Washington's army to collapse.
On September 28th, a fire starts, and in 2 days, destroys a quarter of the city. -
Battle of Saratoga
The two armies meet near Saratoga. General Simon Fraser was shot by an american colonist, the British loose 1,000 men, twice as many as the colonists. -
York Town, Virginia
Washington's army has re-invented themselves thanks to a new general who brought order, discipline and hygiene, and wrote a new training manual.
9,000 battle-hardened British troops where waiting, protected by cannons. The British would be forced to surrender with so many soldiers from the Colonists. The rebels race 100 yards under fire and hand-grenades. A force of 400 storms the British troops, with the bayonettes they beat the Redcoats back. -
Freedom from Britain at last!
The British surrender two days later, and beggin negociations of peace, after 6 yers of struggle. The rebels achieved freedom,
the only country to gain independence from Britain in war, 5,000 men lost their lives.
April 30th: Washington becomes fist president!!!