Looking for american history readers for fifth grade and up

American Hisory from 1776-1861

By Queenie_ZQY
  • The begining of the slavery in America

    The begining of the slavery in America

    Negro slavery in the American colonies was the direct cause of the development of a large number of colonies needed labor.
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    history

  • Letters of Delegates to Congress

    Letters of Delegates to Congress

  • US Constitution

    US Constitution

    Constitution—basic instrument law, drawn up in 1787, came into effect in 1789
  • Retained slavery

    Retained slavery

    Federal Constitution retained slavery
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase

    was negotiated with Napoleon during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson
  • Steam boat

    Steam boat

    The use of steamboats on major US rivers soon followed Fulton's success.
  • General Correspondence

    General Correspondence

  • The Constitution of 1838

    The Constitution of 1838

    a convention was called to revise the state's laws and draft a new constitution.

  • Black Rock Beach

    a prominent landmark in the Great Salt Lake, with a rowboat at the shore of the Great Salt Lake on Black Rock Beach.