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BRIEF HISTORY:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


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NATIONAL BIRD: BALDEAGLE

Capital City: Washingtn DC

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Early Americans grew peppers, pumpkins, gourds, squash,beans and potatoes. Later, they grew corn or maize.


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Christopher Columbus reached the islands in the Caribbean

sea in 14!.


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AmerigoVespucci


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"oston #ea $arty, %ecember1&&'


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#he presentation o( the %eclaration o( )ndependence in what isnow called )ndependence *all, $hiladelphia.


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WHAT IS SLA-ERY.

A slave is someone who is/n$& by another

person.A slave has:N %#$$&'N 'n$yN (hi($0


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The first slaves in the Americas colonies arrived on a Dutch ship inJamestown, Virginia in 11!.

"ver the ne#t $%% years, around %%,%%% more slaves were broughtto the American colonies.&ost of them wor' the tobacco and cotton fields.


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#he American Ci0il /ar, /ar o( ecession or /ar "etweentates, was (ought since 1231 until 123 in the 5nites tatesbetween the -orthern tates, who were against sla0ery andthe 11 outhern states who were pro6sla0ery.

)n the -orth the $resident was Abraham Lincoln and in theouth, 7e8erson %a0is.


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90er time, the -orthern and outhern states de0eloped di8erentways o( li(e. #he outh had an agricultural economy based ongrowing cotton which depended on the labor o( ensla0ed A(ricanAmericans.

)n the -orth, industries created a manu(acturing economy andmany -ortherners wanted to abolish sla0ery as they thoughtsla0ery was wrong.

#housand o( sla0es escaped to the -orth (or (reedom. *owe0er in123:, one third o( the total population o( sla0es was not (ree.

)n 123:, Abraham Lincoln, an opponent o( sla0ery was electedpresident ;a house di0ided against itsel( cannot stand ,< he said,;#his go0ernment cannot endure permanently hal(6sla0e and hal(6

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A(ter Lincoln won the election o( 123:, the outhern tatesissued their ; %eclaration o( the Causes o( ecession


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Emancipation $roclamation ? 9n 7anuary 1st,1 23',presidentLincoln declared all sla0es liberated and (ree.

%eaths ? #he Ci0il /ar was by (ar the deadliest war in Americanhistory. /ell o0er 3:: ::: people died.

econstruction ? #he period o( time a(ter the Ci0il /ar is knownas econstruction. %uring this di@cult era, the outhern stateswere gradually admitted back into the 5nion and the areasdestroyed during the war were rebuilt.

Lincolns %eath ? =i0e days a(ter he won the war he was murderedin a theatre with a shot on his head by 7ohn /ilkes "ooth.


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