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the piligrims fathers
it start when a group of piligrims sailed from England to America,on the ship ´´the mayflower ´´ They wanted political and religious freedom.
The first winer was very cold 45 people died from the extreme temperatures .But the piligrims don´t lose hope -
the piligrims fathers (the second part)
After a few months, in Macrh 1621, the piligrims met a Native American for the first time and he introduced them to his tribe.The British won the wear and got some of the French land .The 13 colonies decided to join together to fight the British.
Later the Colonies declared independence on this date .Th fighting started.In the end, they defeated the British and signed the Teatry of Paris.They called their new nation the United States of America (U.S.A) -
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Thomas Jefferson
Was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the declaration of Independence (1776) and the third president on the United States (1801-1809). He was a spokesman for democracy and the rights of man with worldwide influence.At the beginning of the American Revolution,he served in the Continental Congress,r epresinting Virginia and then served as a wartime Governer of Virginia (1779-1781). -
expansion and civil war
The French stillowned some land to the west of the colonies.In 1803, The French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the landto the United States 15 million the president Thomas Jefferson accepted the offer and signed louisiana Pursache Agreement. This doubled the size of the cauntry and people startedto move west.In the 1803,the U.S Gobernement created the first Indian territory inthe area now called Oklahoma. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Was the 16th President of the United States , serving fro March 1861 until his assassination in April of 1865. Lincon let the United States trough its constitutional, military, and moral crisis_the American Civil War _ presiving the Union, abolosing slavey, strengthening the national government and moderzining the economy. -
the american civil war
1860 there are problems in our country.In the north live in twun,in the south they live in plantations and own slavesAbraham Lincoln is now the president of the U.S.A.
1861 Confederate souldiers attaked a Union fort called fort Sumter yesterday.
1864 Thousand of people are dead.The war can´t continue.
1865 More than 600.000 Americans are dead.The sleves are free and the country is one nation. -
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731 – December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States (1789–1797), the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution. Washington was elected President as the unanimous choice of the electors in 1788, and he served two terms in office. -
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known as "Jack" or by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 1961 until he was assassinated in November 1963. -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of American progressivism.
Born Michael King, his father changed his name in honor of German reformer Martin Luther
