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10,000 years ago, the first people came to the Americas over the Bering Strait from Siberia in Asia. -
In 1654 the first legal slave trade happend. The plantation ownes saw the need for cheap labor, and the first legal slave owner was recognized. Slavery was also a part of The Triangular Trade. And 250,000 slaves were sold between 1700- 1800s. -
The American Independence War lasted eight years, before the Britan gave the new nation complete independence.
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The US wanted independence from the British crown, and wrote the teclaration of independence, signed by the Founding fathers, among them, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. -
The US has a constitution, which was written in 1789, by a group of man called the Foundig Fathers, and completed The Bill of Rights. -
Native Americans were forced to leave their land and relocate to indian reservations. Tens of thousands had to leave their homes and travel to unknown territory. Some people who had to travel was the Cherookee, they traveld west on a long journey an many people became ill and died on the way. And the journey become known as Trail of Tears. -
The American Civil War broke out in 1861, and slavery became one of their issues they tought over. This was a war between The North and The South. The North side won, and slavery was abolished.
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Many people thought that the laws by racial segregation was unfair and unconstitutional, but in 1896 the Supreme Court ruled thet "Separete but Equal"was constutitional. -
King promoted the idea of non-violent protest and African Americans took up his ideas, holding sit-in restuants and taking part in marches. The most famous of these was the March on Washington 1963, when 250,000 people took part and listened to Martin Luther King.