The early years in America

An English e-book project by class 8bc at Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium Würzburg

The early years of the US

Antique paper texture

After the Seven Years War the British King needs money so that he made laws for the colonies. But the colonies didn't want to pay laws so that they boardeds the ships. The Britans were very upset and ended the self goverment in the colonies.

The colonies split in two groups. The Loyalists and the Patriots. The Loyalist wanted to stay in britan but the Patriots wanted a fair life. Conflicts between the Patriots and Britans started the Revolutionary/Independence War. The War went until 1783, when the Britans accepted the colonies.

Dark wood

There were conflicts between the Native Americans and the new settlers about the land. Many of the Native Americans lost their lives in the conflicts and the Native Americans that survived lost their home and their own land

Today all People in America celebrate "Independence Day" on the 4th of July!

Typical for the Independence Day: - making fireworks, going on parades and listening to concerts. - Pets are dressed in blue-white-black. - Flags are everywhere

President Jefferson bought new parts of North America from France in 1803. After that more and more settleers arrived in America to settle there and built their own villages

A special transporter called "Covered wagon"

Die Amerikanische Revolution - Der Unabhängigkeitskrieg

New Prisident after War: George Washington

<a href="https://youtu.be/Wzk0F_iKiSA">https://youtu.be/Wzk0F_iKiSA</a>

Parchment

Cristoph Columbus was born in 1451 in Genua, Italy. He discovered America in 1492 but he wanted to discover a new way to India. Because of this he named the native americans "Indians"

Independence Day: - The 13 colonies weren't happy how the British people treated them - They declared Independence on the 4th of July 1776

Here you can see the decleration of Independence on the 4th of July 1776

Name

Safari may block some audio or video from playing automatically and ‘read to me’ will skip these. You can configure this in Safari’s preferences.