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The history of the american continent - Coggle Diagram
The history of the american continent
The Native Americans
They lived as nomads in tribes and were good hunters and fishermen
Most of them lived in Central and South America
They had a democratic society, advances agricultural techniques and aquired important skills in astronomical science
The European settlements
When the sailors of the kings and the queens came back with tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes and sugar and reported that the new territories were rich in gold, an intense land rush began.
The colonization created new places for Europeans to live, villages that became towns that became the towns that we know today
colonizing nations
France
Portugal
Spain
Netherlands
England
England colonizated North America to expand the British Empire.
There were thirteen colonies.
They were divided in: New England colonies, Middle colonies and Southern colonies
The thirteen colonies
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York
Virginia
Connecticut
North Carolina
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Massachussets
Georgia
New Hampshire
The Pilgrim Fathers
The Pilgrim Fathers founded the first permanent English settlement when they left England because of religious problems
The Pilgrim Fathers travelled to America on a ship called the Mayflower and landed on the coast of Massachusetts where they founded the colony "New Plymouth"
American War of Indipendence
It started in December 1773 when a group of colonist raided a British ship and threw the cargo of the into the Harbor of Boston.
This episode was called the Boston tea Party
The colonies united to defeat England. The colonies won the war in 1776
The Declaration of Indipendence of USA was announced.
It was recognized by Britain in 1783 and in 1788 the USA adopted the first written Constitution. George Washington became the first president of the United States of America
