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The times of the colonies | The American Revolution | The end of slavery | The Frontier and Native Americans | The Rise to World Power | The Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement |
Exercises 1 - 2 - 3 | Exercises 4 - 5 - 6 | Exercises 7 - 8 - 9 | Exercises 10 - 11 - 12 | Exercises 13 - 14 - 15 | Exercises 16 - 17 - 18 |
1607: English colons settled (s'installèrent) in Jamestown, Virginia, and started to produce tobacco, exported to England. Pocahontas, an Indian princess, assisted them, married an English settler and traveled to London where she died. | Pocahontas
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1620:
English
Protestant
Puritans, better known as the Pilgrims
(Pélerins),
sailed (voguèrent)
to America
on the Mayflower
and established the Plymouth colony in
present-day Massachusetts.
They were escaping the religious
persecutions of the Established
Church
of England. The Native-Americans helped them survive and
they celebrated together the first Thanks-giving. |
Mayflower
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17th
century, 18th century:
A wave of migration
brought 4
million people
to America, essentially from Great
Britain and also from other European
countries. Their goals were to make profits through trade or to escape
religious or political persecutions
at home. Hundreds of thousands Africans
were also forced to become slaves
in America through the triangular
trade
between the three continents. |