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Mayflower
A group of piligrims sailed from England to América on the 6th September,1620. -
The new world
The piligrims saw America in the distance.They left there ship to explore the area.They build a small house (Plymouth). -
Native American
Pilgrims met native american and they introduces them to his tribe -
Imigrants
Other people,from Spain and France went to América ,to live and wanted to influence the new world toó. -
North America
Britihs army and colonist fought the French over land un North America.The british won and their government asked for taxes from the colonist to playa forma the war.They was ridiculous because they didn't have a representative in the British government andthey refused to pay the taxes -
Unated States of America
Colonies declared independence from Great Britain, they led by Georgr Washington, fought many lomg, difficult battles. They called their nation USA. -
Expansion
The French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to the US fot $15 million. Thomas Jefferson accepted the offer and signed the Luoisiana Purchase Agreement. -
A Diary Extract
There are problems in America the people in the north live in towns and in the south on plantations and own slaves.Abraham Lincoln is now the president of the USA.The people in the south want to leave the Union and have their own nation "Confederate States of America" or "Confederacy" -
Confederacy
The south now have 11 states now.Richmond, in Virginia, is the capital.They think their a diferent nation from the Union in the north.They attacked a Union fort called Fort Sumter yesterday.Abraham Lincoln was very frightened -
Confederates were losing.
Thousands of people were dead.The people from the north and the south were suffering.The Confederateswas losing, and they had fewer soliders than the Union. -
General E. Lee.
He was the leader from the Confederate.Abraham couldn't believe it.It was the end of the war.The slaves were free and the country was one nation.
