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The Voyage of the Mayflower
On 6th September, 1620, a gruop of 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America, "the New World", on the ship the Mayflower.The pilgrims left England because they wanted religious and political fredoom. -
The Voyage of the Mayflower
The pilgrims saw land in the distance.They were very excited because their journeywas near the end. -
The Voyage of the Mayflower
The pilgrims met a Native American for the first time and introduced them to his tribe. -
The Voyage of the Mayflower
The British had 13 colonies on the east coast of North America and about two and half millon colonists lived there.Bit France and Spain also owned big areas of land in North America and wanted to influence the New World. -
The Voyage of the Mayflower
The British army and the colonists fought the French over land in North America. The British won the war and got some of the the French land.But then, the British government asked for taxes from the colonist to pay for the war.The colonist thought this was ridiculous because they didn´t have a representative in the british government and they refused to pay the taxes -
The Voyage of the Mayflower
The colonist declared independence from Great Britain. Their leaders published the Declaration of Independence on this date. Then, the fighting started. The colonists, led by George Washington, fought many long, difficult battles. In the end, they deated the British and signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783. They called their new nation the United States of America (USA). -
The Capital of the USA
Today, Washington D.C. is the capital of the USA, but before this, the capital was Philadelphia, the home of the Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia wasn´t a good location for the government because it was´t in the centre of the country. So, George Washington, the first president, markrd a 260-square-kilometre area near thr Potomac River and asked architects to desing a city there. -
The Capital of the USA
Architect James Hoban started to construct the White House -
The Capital of the USA
James Hoban finished the White House -
Expansion and the Civil War
The French still owned some land to the west of the colonies . The French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to the United States for $15 millon. The president, Thomas Jefferson, accepted the offr and signed the Louisiana Purchase Agreement. -
Expansion and the Civil War
Tes US Government created the first Indian territory in the area now called Oklahoma. They forced more than 15,000 Cherokee people to leave their homes in Georgia and walk 1,600 kilometres to their new territory . Around 4,000 Cherokee people died on the way and they called this journey the "Trail of Tears". -
The American Civil War (1861-1865)
There are problems in our country. The people in the north live in towns, but in the south, they live on plantations and own slaves. The plantations owners want to keep thier slaves, but the people in the north want to abolish the slavery.
Abraham Lincoln is now the President of the USA. He wants to end the slavery. The people in the south want to leave the Union and have their own nation, called the Confederate States of America. -
The American Civil War (1861-1865)
The south has got their Confederacy. It´s got 11 states now, Richmond, in Virginia, is the capital. They think they´re a different nation from the Union in the north. Confederate soldiers attacked a Union fort called Fort Sumter yesterday. So now, we´re at a war! -
The American Civil War (1861-1865)
This war is terrible! Tousands of people are dead.m Both the people in the north and the south are suffering. The war can´t continue for long because the Confederates are losing. They have got fewer soldiers than the Union. -
The American Civil War (1861-1865)
Today, General Robert E. Lee, the Confederate army leader, surrendered to General Ulysses Grant, the Union army leader. I can´t believe it! It´s the end of the war! Bur more than 600,000 Americans are dead. Now, the slaves are free and the country is one nation. But we´ll neveer be the some again. -
Symbols of the USA
A French sculptor called Frèderic Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue in France, to commenorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. -
Symbols of the USA
France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States to show the friendship between the two countries. Building the statue was a combined effort between the two countris.Frence paid for the statue and the United States paid for the pedestal. -
The Capital of the USA
President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt added the West Wing as a working area because his big family needed the original office space as a living area.
