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The first people came to the continent over the Bering Strait Sibria. -
Many were taught that Christopher Columbus discover America. However this is not true, before he came the vikings form the north explored part of Greenlad and Canada. -
In 1587 in Roanoke Island they tried to established the first colony. However when the colonies leader John White left to gather supplies and came back three years later, the colony vanished. No one knows what happed ot them. Late the english sent John Smith to establish the James town colony in 1607, this lead to sucsess and was the first permanany settelmant was estalished. This lead opened a new door for the other contries and so began the Early years.
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After the first settelmants were recognized, mnay took this opportunities to settale in thi new colony. Many traveled to this new land for different reasons, like the Pilgrims that landed at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts in 1620. -
The first legal slave owner was in 1654. The slave were treated like products ans were part of the triangler trade system. Moreover having slaves was widly exepted, even som found fathers had som of their own. -
Geroge Washington was a young land owner in Virginia. He played a big roll in the french and indian war that rage on from 1754 - 1763. The english colony won and they outnummbered the french, eve som natives fought along side them. This war was a pre debut for the revalutinary war for independens. -
This war lasted for 8 years and George Wasingtion was tasked to lead the contenental army. And the colonised issued their indapendence in 1776. However this was a difficult tasked. The American constetution was finally redefide in september 7, 1787. And Washington was eleceted as the first presedent of America.
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As more migrated to America a land full of oppruntnites. The people of the colonys decided they did not want ot be controlled anymore from the british. So in 1776 the Declaration of Independes as singed. -
The Decaration of Independece was writte nand signed in 1776. It states all men were created equall, the governement's role is to protect the basic human rights of the people which are life, libraty and prusuit of happiness. However this dose not inculed woman and slaves. -
The American constetuion was written in 1789, aswell was the Bill of Rights by the Founding Fathers. This year was also the election of the first American president of America, George Washington. -
In 1807 the trading of african slave was no longer, by the congress. This however did not stop people to treat them like objects. A lot of factories and farmes depended al ot on slave for doing manual labour. Moreover they are looked down upon and are treated like apes. -
The war begunn began becuse the british wanted to restricet the US expation across the contenent and controll over the US trade. Years after this the to countrys became tight nightede allies. -
In the 1800 the US was marked with a mistritment minoraty. Presedent Andrew Jackson relocation of the native Americans to rich fertil farm lands. Becuase he tought the white americans had more right to the land then the indidunest peopel. This lead to the Indian Removal act. -
The Trail of Tears is a horrific events in history, were over 60 thousand people had to leave their homeland and cross over to the other side of the Missisipi river. Approximatley four thousand people including children died in this tortureres journey. -
In this short time, the citizen of this libral country began to fight amongs each other. Morever alot of the southern states sesited form the US to form their own country. These wars where started because of the different oppinions of freeing the slaves. The fight started at fort summet right after Abraham Lincon was appointed as president.
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The intended effekt of freeing the slaves where that they wouls have the same rights as everyone else. However this is much futher form the truth. They were still segrageted, if a black man and white man were sitting beside each other there would be a line between them.
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Many were unsatisfide with this blantened discriminating between the races, and vouch that this was againts the constitution. However i 1896 the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional. -
When WW2 started and a hundred years after slavery was abolished and people are still treated inferior. However in 1954, the Supreme Court decided that the idea of "separat but equal" was not constitutinal.