We talked about each others blogs today and then we watched "America, the story of US"Things i learned in class today...80% of the Indians died of disease brought by the English.France was kicked out of the US after losing a war and took over Canada.Taxes caused the revolutionary war.Most people believe that Natives got to America from the Bearing Straight others think they came across the ocean. (10,40, maybe 50 thousand years ago.)Natives got their land taken away from Europeans.Europeans introduced alcohol and guns to the NativesChristopher Columbus gave them the name "Indians" because he thought he was going to Indonesian.The pilgrims and a lot of other people came for religious freedom.
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