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10,000 years ago the first people came to the america over the bering strait from siberian in asia. The first vikings visitors came 1000 ad. This was the start of the colonazion. Colombus came in 1492. -
Many natives died because the europeans came with diseases. the europeans came there and wanted all native to be like them.They started to force them to not speak their native toung and make them only speak english -
Plantation owners needed cheap labor. Slaves wher a part of the triangeltrade, Goods from england was sent to africa where they exchanged for slaves. Then the slaves wher taken from africa to america. Where the plantation owners gave them raw material like tobacco, sugar and cotton. In 1865 the legalization of slavery wher abolished
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The Us wanted independent from the british crown, and wote the independentce. signed by the founding father, among georg washington. -
They wanted to find new land on the west side, they went through all of america to find new land. They got help from the native americans, especially a girl named sakagawea
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After slaves where not alowed many of them stayd in america and tried to build a new life. even tho some african americans where elected into the office in the 1880s. The southern states made it har for them to vote. Thes states had a law for racial segregation in public schools and transport. In 1896 the lw seperate but equal was made -
After seconde world war, almost after 100 years after slavery abolished, segregation and discrimination was still common. Rosa park was a good exampel to someone that was against rasicm. She became one of the bigest rasicim figthers by refusing to give upp her buss seat to a white man. She was arested do to this. -
From 2009-2017 the us had their first african-american president, Barack Obama. Kamala harris was the first female Vice president who also is mixed. There has been some inprovement in the us, MAny african.americans now are comleting highschool and uneversity. Today many protest for black lives matter and other black causes