Trail of Tears 5/12/2014 Cristal Perez Administrator
One day Christina Perry and I were minding our own business. We were wondering how the past was so we decided to go to the public library to talk to Tyga. He was looking for the history books that mentioned all the past. Christina and I decided to learn about the� Trail of Tears�. We thought that would be an interesting topic to learn about. Christina and I traveled through time by reading and day dreaming about the day when the Trail of Tears happened. Christina told me that the Trail of Tears was a act about the Native Americans walking in the cold weather in a bad condition many Indians had died, disease and starvation. The Americans had to travel from Georgia to Oklahoma.
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European Exploration
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The first settlement: Jamestown
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The second settlement: Plymouth
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New England colonies
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The middle colonies
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The southern colonies
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European Exploration The first place were the time machine left us was in Georgia. And on the same day that the Americans had to move out. We were wondering around to see what was happening. There was allot of drama going on like all the Americans were mad and running away from Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson had discovered gold on Indian land. He wanted to have all the riches to himself. All of the Americans were suffering cause they had to leave their homes and all their belongings. They had to take wagons that carried some of their belongings and it carried their family. Some families had to walk all the way to from Georgia to Oklahoma in the cold, dry weather. Most of the Americans had survived the weather but most had died by getting diseases or died by starvation. Christina and I were wondering why didn’t the Americans fight back. So we asked a nice young woman that was holding her young child in her arms. I asked why didn’t they fight back so they could keep their land, she told us that if they fight back that they would of gotten killed or shot.
First settlement: Jamestown At Jamestown Settlement, prepare to embark on a journey to 17thcentury Virginia. The world of America’s first permanent English colony, founded in 1607 – 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts. Virginia and trace Jamestown’s beginnings in England and the first century of the Virginia colony.
Second settlement: Plymouth Plymouth holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown." Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, passengers of the famous ship the Mayflower. Plymouth is where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States, The town has served as the location of several prominent events, the most notable being the First Thanksgiving feast
New England colonies The New England Colonies of British America included the colonies of Connecticut, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts, and Province of New Hampshire. They were part of the Thirteen Colonies the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies. These were early colonies of what would later be the states in New England.
The middle colonies The Middle Colonies comprised the middle region of the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire in North America. Much of the area was part of the New Netherland until the British exerted control over the region. The French captured much of the area in its war with the Dutch around 1664, and the majority of the conquered land became the Province of New York. The Duke of York and the King of England would later grant others ownership of the land which would become the Province of New Jersey and the Province of Pennsylvania. The Delaware Colony later separated from Pennsylvania. The Middle Colonies had rich soil, allowing the area to become a major exporter of wheat and other grains. The lumber and shipbuilding industries enjoyed success in the Middle Colonies because of the abundant forests, and Pennsylvania saw moderate success in the textile and iron industry. The Middle Colonies were the most ethnically and religiously diverse British colonies in North America, with settlers coming from all parts of Europe. Civil unrest in Europe and other colonies saw an influx of immigrants to the Middle Colonies in the 18th century. With the new arrivals came various religions which were protected in the Middle Colonies by written freedom of religion laws. This tolerance was unusual and distinct from other British colonies.
Southern colonies Southern Colonies in North America were established by Great Britain during the 16th and 17th centuries and consisted of South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland (This is in fact in the Southern Colonies and not in the Middle Colonies as some sources say), Virginia, and Georgia. The colonies were originally instated to compete in the race for colonies in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. They then developed into prosperous colonies that made large profits off of cash crops such as tobacco, indigo dye, and rice. Over time, the region quickly became well known for its high slave population and highly stratified social class distinction.