Thursday August 30th 2012

   presentation day. here are some notes

Native Americans crossed over the land bridge thousands of years ago following animals.

Christopher Columbus King of spain sent him to china to look for spices and silk and he ended up in America

The thirteen original colonies

French and Indian War fought over colonial land and wealth, led to Britain taxing its colonies

Revolutionary war political American revolution, led to our country

Lewis and Clark they explored the west and led to expansion

The Gold Rush of 1849 gold nuggets found in Sacramento valley, 2 million precious metal and gold found

brought thousands of new immigrants to the US

Civil War southern states succeeded because they thought slavery would be abolished 

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln The first president to be assassinated, he was killed by John Wilkes Booth

Reconstruction the country recovering after the civil war

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