8/30/12

Presentations today.

First group: Bering land bridge, Native Americans followed bison and other animals across it.

Christopher Columbus, was sent to China, found America.

The Thirteen Colonies, first states, and first to form a government in America.

French and Indian War, Britain vs. France, Britain wins many of the battles, eventually leads to British taxes for colonists.

Revolutionary War, colonists win freedom from Britain.

Lewis and Clark, explored Louisiana Territory.

The Gold Rush of 1849, gold was found in Sacramento, hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world came to find gold.

The Civil War, fought between the Northern and Southern United States. The federal government was going to abolish slavery, and the south didn't want that.

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, killed while watching a play by John Wilkes Booth.

Reconstruction, Attempt to rebuild South after Civil War.

Second Group: Columbus Crosses the Atlantic, he travels to America 4 different times, was the start of Europeans in America.

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