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The history of the United States
  • How did the United States originate? 

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How did the US
originate?

Slide 3 - Woordweb

Before Columbus
  • Native Americans 

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Native Americans
Indigenous people of the North America. Arrived from Asia at least 15,000 years ago. Many different tribes, such as Cherokee, Chickasaw, Apalachee and Navajo. Millions of Native Americans lived in America before Europeans came over.
Nowadays, Native Americans only make up around 2% of the United States' population.

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Cliff Palace (1190-1260)

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

European expeditions
  • Conquistadores
  • Christopher Columbus

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Conquistadores
Spanish "conquerors." They were the first to explore the Americas. They conquered areas such as contemporary Florida and New Mexico. They were also very present in the South American continent. 

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

St. Augustine, Florida

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer that worked for
the Spanish monarchs. He was
looking for a western route to India,
hoping to profit from spice trade. He
thought he reached India when he first
arrived in 1492 (that is why he and many
others called its indigenous inhabitants Indians). 

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Fun fact
Horses were extinct in America. Christopher Columbus and Spanish conquistadores were the first to bring horses to the continent again.

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

European settlements
  • British settlements
  • French settlements
  • Spanish settlements
  • Dutch settlements
  • What happened
      next?

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

British settlements
Founded the first permanent settlement in 1607, called Jamestown. They called the surrounding area Virginia, after the British queen. They shared the area with a Native American tribe called Powhatan. 

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Jamestown

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Fun fact
Pocahontas was actually a real
 person. She was the daughter
 of the Powhatan chief. She
 eventually married an Englishman
 and travelled with him to England.
f there was ever a true romance between Pocahontas and John Smith, like in the Disney movie, is still undecided.

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French settlements
Made different attempts at buiding
settlements, but often failed because of
 food or weather issues. Eventually they
did settle throughout the west,
 including Louisiana and big parts of
 contemporary Canada, such as Quebec.

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Spanish settlements
Spain settled in the South West, in areas we now call Florida and New Mexico. They also settled in parts of South America.


Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Dutch settlements
New Netherland was founded
in the 1600s. A lot of the area the
Dutch had then, is now part of
New York City. We can see a lot
of Dutch influence in street or
 borough names.

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Harlem
Brooklyn
Flushing
Broadway
Bushwick
Haarlem
Breukelen
Vlissingen
Breede Wegh
Boswijk

Slide 19 - Sleepvraag

What happened next?
Native Americans and Europeans fought wars, as well as traded goods. A huge number of Native Americans died because of the arrival of the Europeans, through war and Europeans brought with them many "new" diseases such as measles.

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

What happened next?
Europeans brought African slaves to the Americas, to work on plantations for products such as sugar and cotton. These plantations were mostly located in
the Caribbean and the South of
North America, because of the
weather.

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

What happened next?
There were a lot of wars between the European colonies. Eventually the British took over most of the areas. The Thirteen Colonies were born and wanted independence from the British crown.

Slide 22 - Tekstslide

American independence
  • Why did they want independence? 
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Independence War



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Why did America
want independence?

Slide 24 - Woordweb

Why did American want independence?

The British raised taxes tremendously on products such as sugar and paper in the 1760s. American also thought that the Brits couldn't represent them properly, because of their differences: for example, the Americans thought it was unfair for them to pay for wars that British were waging in Europe.

Slide 25 - Tekstslide

Declaration of Independence
Written by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in 1776. It stated that they want independence from the British monarchs. They explained that they wanted independence by stating that they have the right to have independence, because "all men are created equal."

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Independence War
The British didn't want to give
America up, so a war began.
European countries such as France,
 Spain and the Netherlands supported
 the Americans. In 1781, the British
surrendered. In 1783, the Treaty of Paris
was signed and America was officially independent. 

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And thus, the United States was born

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