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First Migration to North America 10,000 Years ago, over the bering strait.
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Christopher Columbus, in 1492, was the first to create colonies in the Americas.
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The first legal slave trade was in 1654
Slavery in the U.S. was part of the Triangular trade
Triangle = England→ Africa →U.S.
250,000 slaves were sold between 1700 - 1800
Abraham Lincon, president, worked to free slaves -
250,000 slaves were sold between 1700 - 1800
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In 1776 The colonies signed the Declaration of Independence
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The American Civil war ( 1861 - 1865) broke out and slavery was one of the issues they fought for. This was a war between the North (red) and the south (blue). The North won, and slavery was abolished
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In 1955, Rosa Parks protested the segregation in Montgomery, Alabama by refusing to give up her seat to a white man this sparked the civil rights Movement
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From 2009 - 1017 the U.S. had their first black president, Barack Obama