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Mayflower 1620
On 6th September , 1620, a group of 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America , ¨ the New World ¨, on the ship the Mayflower.
On 9th November, 1620, the pilgrims saw land in the distance and they were very excited because their journey was near the end. -
Mayflower and the pilgrims 1621
In March 1621, 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. -
The British army and the colonists
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.
The British government asked for taxes from the colonists to pay for the war and the colonists refused to pay the taxes.
Then, the 13 colonies decided to join together to fight the British. -
Great Britain and the USA
On 4th July, 1776, the colonies declared independence from Great Britain. Then, the fighting started.
The colonists defeated the British and signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783. They called their new station the United States of America. -
Expansion
In 1803, the French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to United States for $15 million.
In the 1830s, the the US Government created the first Indian terrority in the area now called Oklahoma.
By 1848, the country extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. -
The American Civil War
In 1860, there were problems in the country. Abraham Lincoln was the President of the USA and he wants to end slavery.
In 1861, the south has got their Confederacy. It has got 11 states now.
In 1864, thousand of people were dead. The Confederates were losing. They haved got fewer soldiers than the Union.
In 1865, General Robert E. Lee, the Confederate army leader, surrendered to General Ulysses Grant. More than 600,000 Americans were dead. Now, the slaves were free and the country is one nation.
