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ALL ABOUT THE USA - Coggle Diagram

- - - - A 102 pilgrims sailed from England to America, on the Mayflower.
        
        9th November 1620
        
        The pilgrims arrived at land and build a village called Plymouth.
        
        March 1621
        
        Pilgrims met Native Americans.
        
        1750s
        
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- - - - Washington D.C.
        
        George Washington chose where making the city.
        
        Capital of the USA before
        
        Philadelphia. It wasn't a good location
        
        Washington D.C.
        
        Philadelphia
- - - - It was a present from France to USA to show their friendship.
        
        The statue is 93.1m high. It weighs 204,116.72kg. It's covered in copper.
        
        People can climb up to the head.
  - - - Now it has 13 stripes and 50 stars
  - - - During a battle from the War of Independence, some eagles flew over the fighting men and they said that the eagles were calling for freedom.
- - - - The pilgrims ate a big meal with the Native Americans to celebrate their 1st successful harvest.
        
        1863: Thanksgiving becomes a national holiday.
        
        Today, a lot of Americans eat turkey, yams,.. with their families and watch parades.
  - - - People on this day, hang the American flag everywhere and do picnics and barbecues, and when it's dark, they watch the fireworks.
- - - - Their father gave them a toy helicopter and they started making their own designs.
        
        On 17t December 1903 they took a plane and stayed in the air for 12s and flew 36.5m.
        
        The Age of Flight began that day
  - - - On 22nd November 1963, while he was in a car, someone fired at him, and after getting to the hospital, he died.
        
        Many people were sad and watched his funeral.
  - - - Many people discriminated against black people, so he gave a speech that became famous saying how he felt about that discrimination.
        
        A few years after the speech a criminal assassinated him.
- - - - It's played by 2 teams with a bat and a ball. They try to score 'runs'.
  - - - They played throwing a ball into a fruit basket on the wall until they decided to cut a hole so the ball would fall.
        
        Now, the NBA is 1 of the top professional basketball league.
  - - - It used to be very violent until they wrote the rules. They now have to wear protections.
        
        The Super Bowl, it's a very famous championship game of the National Football League.
- - - - 1961: Kennedy challenged NASA to send someone to the moon and return so they started the Apollo programme.
        
        1969: 3 men were sent to the moon and Neil Armstrong became the 1st man to walk on the moon.
        
        1976: A spacecraft landed on Mars.
        
        Another spacecraft landed on Mars and took a lot of pictures.
        
        Today, most space projects are international.
- - - - In 1958, Jerry Crew found an enormous footprint in California and said that it was of 'old Bigfoot'.
        
        In 1967, 2 men filmed a 'Bigfoot'.
        
        After that , more people began to say that they had seen a 'Bigfoot'.
  - - - In 1718 some British soldiers fought him, killed him and threw his body into the sea.
        
        People say his ghost is still searching for his head.
- - - - People think of Hollywood as a very entertainment place.
        
        Places people visit: Hollywood sign, the Walk of Fame, the Universal Studios,...
  - - - Bill Gates & Paul Allen: They invented Microsoft
        
        Billa Gates: He also developed Windows
        
        Steve Jobs: He started Apple, with iPhone, iPads and iPods.
        
        Google changed the way we search for information. Today, lots of people uses Google.
        
        Facebook &Twitter
  - - - Lots of Americans eat fast food but it's not healthy. So many of those people are obese
        
        Today, many fast-food restaurants sell healthier meals.
- - - - After being a steamboat pilot, he became a writer and wrote some popular books
  - - - There's a film of this book
  - - - 1st book: Carrie
        
        Many of his books are now films.