today i learned about:
- Land bridge
- an immaginary bridge after it was actually a glacier who spread all the way from alaska to russia and people think it was the only way to get accross way back then
- the bridge arrose about 70000 years ago and died about 14500 years ago.
the revolutionary war
- a major event was the drafting of the declaration of independance
- the US believed that we should get full Englishment.
the assasination of abe
- 2 weeks after the death the southern armies fell
- his death was turning to the point of war
- andrew johnston was president after
Slave trade
- africans had been traded for slave for many centuries
- 200 years portugaul had a monopoly on the exports of slaves in africa
- some trips took 40 days and some 150 days
- slaves thought white people would eat them
- they had many suicides as in jumping over board and drowninslaves trade had soon increased
- the first slave traders were europeans from Portugal
civil war
- fought in 10,000 place
- more than 3 million americans fought in it2 percent of the population died in it.
colonisation of america
- americz was discovered by columbus
- spaniars found florida and built the first settlement in 1565
- pilgrams arrived in 1620 the first effective colonization
england colonized america in 1594
- rebellins began to form in 1650
- most rebelion groups were irish
constitution 1787 was written
industrial revolution
- lasted 100 years 1750 - 1850
- changes in america were made
louisana purchase
- was 15 million dallars
- purchased in america.
revolutionary war
- american war of independence
- signed by John Hancock
- 1775-1783
first president
- george washington
- retiered after the revolutionary war
- gave our nations first leader
jackson purchase
- gained more land in america
war of 1812
- lasted for 3 years
- between US and Brittain
and then we talked about what we learned.
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