Continued with blog disscussions.1. Exploration and ColonizationThere are 5 countries that colonized the new world. Big 3- France, England and Spain, minor 2 portugal and the netherlands. The first people to reach the Americas were the vikings about a 1000ad. Chirstopher was a spanish explorer in 1492.2. Revolutionary War3. Westward Expansion-Trial of Tears President Jackson did not like the Native Americans and forced them off their land to Oklahoma.4, Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's-Many families couldn't afford education for their children. The kids would be sent to factories to work for their families and because the got into smaller spaces, didn't complain and cheap labor. 10-12 year old kids working 3 in the morning to 7 at night 6 days a week. Some of the lucky women were maids, and they were paid less then men and when they came home they were still expected to make food. Eli Whitney and the cotton gin- the cotton gin seperates the cotton fibers from the seeds. Before the cotton gin they had to do it by hand and it took longer. Eli Whitney made it but other people started making it so Eli didn't get any money from it besides from charging the farmers. He was known for his musket making.5. Civil War and Reconstruction-Before the civil war started Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The war started in 1861 and ended in 1865, it lasted 4 years. Some people think it started because of the wages and the factories and slavery. Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee, the Union offered Robert Lee to be the lead officer he declined and became our enemy.Continued watching America the Story of Us episode 4.
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