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The New World

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  • Christopher Colombus sailed from spain
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Colombus sailed from spain

  • Period: Mar 10, 1500 to

    English settlers set up colonies in North America

  • English people called the Piligrims sailed to the Americas

    English people called the Piligrims sailed to the Americas

  • Puritans settled in Massachusetts.

    Puritans settled in Massachusetts.

  • Period: to

    France and Britain fought a war.

    The war was called the Fench and Indian War.France and Britain both wanted the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains
  • British troops marched from Boston to Lexington

    British troops marched from Boston to Lexington

    And concord to take the colonist weapons
  • Representatives from all thirteen colonies meet in Philadelphia again.

    Representatives from all thirteen colonies meet in Philadelphia again.

    Thomas jefferson wrote a document explaining why the colonist wanted to be independent from Britain.The document is called the Declaration of Independence.
  • Washington trapped the British army.

    Washington trapped the British army.

    With the help of the French,Washington trapped the British army at Yorktown,Virginia
  • Signed the Treaty of Paris.

    Signed the Treaty of Paris.

    Britain and the colonies signed the Treaty of Paris.This treaty made the colonies one independent nation.