Thursday, August 30

We started with the presentations today

I'm not sure why the numbers did this but I'll find out

Group one
1. Native Americans crossing the land bridge
  1. They were following animals for food
2. Christopher Columbus
  1. He was trying to get to Asia
3. The Colonies
  1. The start of our country and fought for independence
4. French and Indian War
  1. Fighting over land and wealth
  2. Caused more taxes on the colonies
  3. French lost in most of the battles
    1. The colonists started feeling less dependent on Britain
1. Revolutionary war
2. The colonies wanted independence and the British didn't allow that
3. 1. The colonies won and formed America
1. Lewis and Clark
  1. Followed the Missouri river to try to get to the west coast
  2. They discovered what the west was like
1. Gold Rush of 1849
  1. Gold nuggets were found in Sacramento Valley
  2. Peaked in 1852
  3. Brought thousands of new immigrants
2. Civil War
  1. Between the Union states and the Confederate states
  2. The Confederate states didn't want slavery to be abolished
3. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  1. April 14, 1865
  2. First president to be assassinated
4. Reconstruction
  1. Rebuilt everything from the Civil War

Group two
1. Christopher Columbus
  1. Three trips to America
  2. Started a connecting with Europe

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