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In the year 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered America. He thought that he had discovered India, hence the name red indians.
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In 1519, Hernando Cortes defeats the Aztecs, but in 1521, the Aztec Empire is completely gone
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As the Europeans came to the Americas, they also brought diseases. Just like how the Incas got either smallpox or Carrion's disease, the Native Americas got smallpox, which cut down huge numbers in their ranks.
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The pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower at Plymouth MA. They were on the boat for 65 days. It was Cape Cod that they first spotted, and they landed on a place now called Provincetown Harbor.
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New Amsterdam was changed to New York. It used to be a Dutch colony, but then Britain conquered it and called New York, after York.
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The Boston Tea Party was when Bostonians who disliked the taxes the British government were putting on tea. They went and dumped huge crates of tea in the sea.
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During this time, the Americas fought with the British soldiers to gain freedom.
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This ended the America Revolutionary War.
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His vice president was John Adams
