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Christopher Columbus discovered a small island off the coast of North America. He called the people there "Indians." Because of this, Native Americans and Europeans shared plants and animals that were new to each other.
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Europeans began to settle in the Americas. England, Portugal, the Netherlands, and France came, also, and started colonies.
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The English colonists wanted to make their own laws. The colonists created the House of Burgesses.
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The British won the war against France in North America. The British king angered the colonists by passing the Proclamation of 1763 because no colonists could live west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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The Declaration marks the time when the colonies broke free from the British and became independent. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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The United States began as 13 colonies who fought for and won independence from Britain. President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory to increase the land into 15 new states.
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The British burned the Capitol Building and the White House.
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The government forced the Native Americans to move west onto reservations.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He wanted to stop slavery. The Southern states were upset and it led to war.
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75,000 volunteers fought for the Union. The South wanted slaves; the North did not. The Southern states called themselves the Confederate States of America. The war lasted until 1865. The North won the Civil War.
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An industrial nation and inventions bring change.
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It reaches from the east coast to the west coast. It used to take six months but now it takes a week.
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13 million people died or were wounded. Germany lost the war. Ships were sank. We were at war again.
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World War I and II
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt became president during the Depression. He created new programs to give people back jobs, and to help the economy grow stronger.
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Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Japan was on Germany's side. More people were killed in this war. About 6 million jewish people died in what is called the Holocaust. The war ended in 1945.
