9th grade, Primary School

Ivana Mikulová

Age of DiscoveryFirst SettlersAmerican fought for freedomThirteen Colonies become a NationWar between the statesFight for rights still goes on

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

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)

First Settlers

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)

The Pilgrim Fathers

18th century – 13 colonies under British rule; the British

government raised the taxes on

the colonies

1773 – the Boston Tea Party

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

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

1783 – Britain recognized the United States

1789 – General George Washington was elected the first president of the USA

slavery – one of the reasons

the North the South

• industrial • agricultural

• NO to slavery • YES to slavery

The North won the war1863 - President Abraham Lincoln

gave the slaves freedom

by 1861, over three million African-Americans were slaves in the South

they worked for white people on large plantations

American slave trade poster

the slaves had no freedom and received no money for their work

most of them worked picking cotton

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...

Rosa Parks said "NO". A. Lincoln gave the slaves

freedom. The colonists destroyed the

British tea. The Pilgrims founded

Plymouth. The North won the Civil War. The Declaration of

Independence was written. M. L. King gave the "I Have a

Dream" speech. 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 African-

Americans´ civil rights?

Asia

The Mayflower

slavery

The NorthA. LincolnM. L. King

a) M.L.Kingb) G.Washingtonc) C.Columbus

a) A.Lincolnb) G.Washingtonc) R.Parks

a) M.L.Kingb) G.Washingtonc) R.Parks

a) M.L.Kingb) A.Lincolnc) R.Parks

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/history-kids/christopher-columbus-kids.html

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#deconstructed-mayflower

http://www.ushistory.org/DECLARATION/document/index.htm

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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