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The voyage to "the New World".
A group of 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America on the ship the "Mayflower". The pilgrims left England because they wanted religious and political freedom. The long, difficult journey across the Atlantic Ocean continued for 65 days. -
The pilgrims arrive to America
The pilgrims saw land in the distance. They were very excited because their journey was near the end. The ship finally reached land and some pilgrims left to explore the area. Each family built a small house and they had land to grow vegetables and keep their animals. Later, they called the village "Plymouth". -
Native American
After a new months,in march ,the pilgrims met a native American for the first time and he introduced them to his tribe . The native American taught how to grow corn, beans and pumpkins. After this , life became better for the pilgrims -
People wanted to try life in "The new world"
Other people wanted to try life in the New world and many inmigrants moved there .By the 1750, the british had 13 colonies on the east coast North America and about two and half million colonist lived there -
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The british army and the colonist
The british won the war and got some of the French land.But them, the british government asked for taxes from the colonist to pay for the war.The colonist thought this was ridiculous because they didn`t have a representative in thr british government and they refused to pay the taxes -
Independence from Great Britain
Theirs leaders published the Declaration of Independence on this date. Then fighting started. The colonist , led by George Washington , fought many long , difficult battles. In the end , they defeated the British and signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783. -
Expansion and the Civil War
The French still ownedsome land to the west of the colonies. In 1803, the French Emperor Napoleon offered to sell the land to the United States for $15 million. The president, Thomas Jefferson, accepted the offer and signed the Louisiana Purchase Agreement. -
expansion of the new world
As the world expanded , the Native american population began to suffer . Their land and traditions were in danger.In the 1830.the US goverment crated the first Indian territory in the area now called Oklahoma.
