Transcript History of the USA

9th grade, Primary School
Ivana Mikulová
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Age of Discovery
First Settlers
American fought for freedom
Thirteen Colonies become a Nation
War between the states
Fight for rights still goes on
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an Italian explorer who sailed across the
Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route
to India (in order to trade for spices)
met the Native Americans (Indians) there
Native Americans
First Settlers
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mostly from England
1607 - Jamestown, Virginia – the first town
1621 – the Pilgrim Fathers settled at Plymouth,
Massachusetts
settlers from France (Canada, Louisiana), Spain
and the Netherlands (New York)
many American Indians died (diseases, wars)
The Pilgrim Fathers
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In November 1620, a small ship called the
Mayflower brought a group of Englishmen to
Plymouth, Massachusetts
interested in making a better society, not
looking for gold
Thanksgiving Day
(the first harvest
celebration)
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18th century – 13 colonies under British rule;
the British government
raised the taxes on the
colonies
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1773 – the Boston Tea Party
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A group of colonists dressed as Indians
emptied chests of British tea into the waters
of Boston Harbor = a protest against Britain
the beginning of the American Revolution
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the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
The colonists wished to rule the country by
themselves
On July 4, 1776 people from 13 colonies
agreed to the United States Declaration of
Independence - this said that they were free
and independent states and were not part of
England anymore
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1783 – Britain recognized the United States
1789 – General George Washington was
elected the first president of the USA
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slavery – one of the reasons
the North
• industrial
• NO to slavery
the South
• agricultural
• YES to slavery
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The North won the war
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln gave the
slaves freedom
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by 1861, over three million African-Americans
were slaves in the South
they worked for white
people on large
plantations
American slave trade poster
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the slaves had no freedom and received no
money for their work
most of them worked picking cotton
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The African-Americans faced racism and
segregation
Montegomery Bus Boycott
 1955, Alabama: Rosa Parks, an African American
woman, refused to give up her seat to a white
man and was arrested
 Black people boycotted
the buses
March on Washington
 August 28, 1963: Martin Luther King gave the
"I Have a Dream" speech (he fought for civil
rights)
... I have a dream that one day on the red hills
of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the
sons of former slave owners will be able to sit
down together at the table of brotherhood...
... I have a dream that my four little children
will one day live in a nation where they will not
be judged by the color of their skin but by the
content of their character...
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Rosa Parks said "NO".
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A. Lincoln gave the slaves
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freedom.
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The colonists destroyed the
British tea.
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The Pilgrims founded Plymouth.
The North won the Civil War.
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The Declaration of
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Independence was written.
M. L. King gave the "I Have a
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Dream" speech.
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Columbus discovered America.
Columbus discovered America.
The Pilgrims founded Plymouth.
The colonists destroyed the
British tea.
The Declaration of
Independence was written.
The North won the Civil War.
A. Lincoln gave the slaves
freedom.
Rosa Parks said "NO".
M. L. King gave the "I Have a
Dream" speech.
Where did the Native Americans
come from?
 What was the name of the ship that
brought the Pilgrims to America?
 What was one of the reasons of the
Civil War?
 Who won the Civil War?
 Who gave the slaves freedom?
 Who fought for the AfricanAmericans´ civil rights?
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The Mayflower
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slavery
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The North
A. Lincoln
M. L. King
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http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/histo
ry-kids/christopher-columbus-kids.html
 http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#deconst
ructed-mayflower
 http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/document/index.h
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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States
 http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html
 http://www.google.sk/images
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