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On 6th September, 1620, a group of 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America, “The New World” on the ship the Mayflower.
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The pilgrims met a Native American for the first time and he introduced them to his tribe.
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The British had 13 colonies on the east coast of North America and about two and a half million colonists lived there. -
The British army and the colonists fought the French over land in North America. -
The colonies declared independence from Great Britain and their leaders published the Declaration of Independence on this date. -
The French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to the Unated States for $15 million. -
The US government created the first Indian territory in the area now called Oklahoma. -
The country extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. -
The people in the north live in towns, but in the south, they live in plantations and own slaves. -
The south has got their Confederacy. -
Thousand of people are dead and both the people in the north and the south are suffering. -
Today, General Robert E. Lee, the Confederate army leader, surrendered to General Ulysses Grant, the Union army leader.
