The beginnings of the US

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

The early years of the US

13 British colonies declared independence from Britain

https://api.bookcreator.com/users/v2/kFf60ZCsP-UzM3mpwthJDXyKW7zVI613YrOSr_EO1MZthzZIReS_Pg/books/KKiWHwAQRcyfKv7UF8lcbg/assets/ck2UGbY2SY2ytYy0GSK1Kg.jpeg?width=326&height=412

why?: they weren‘t happy about the way mother country had been treating them

I‘m Thomas Jefferson, the „principal author“ of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and later the third US President (1801-1809)

https://api.bookcreator.com/users/v2/kFf60ZCsP-UzM3mpwthJDXyKW7zVI613YrOSr_EO1MZthzZIReS_Pg/books/KKiWHwAQRcyfKv7UF8lcbg/assets/dFVvWxv9TOmCYsoawOR7cQ.jpeg?width=551&height=367

Light wood

https://api.bookcreator.com/users/v2/kFf60ZCsP-UzM3mpwthJDXyKW7zVI613YrOSr_EO1MZthzZIReS_Pg/books/KKiWHwAQRcyfKv7UF8lcbg/assets/XcPMsZf1TmGr8ZfrKXIgGw.jpeg?width=628&height=367

1492: Columbus Christopher Columbus reached America

https://api.bookcreator.com/users/v2/kFf60ZCsP-UzM3mpwthJDXyKW7zVI613YrOSr_EO1MZthzZIReS_Pg/books/KKiWHwAQRcyfKv7UF8lcbg/assets/4ydhf-EVTsqSQnFsn1VKjw.jpeg?width=558&height=367

https://api.bookcreator.com/users/v2/kFf60ZCsP-UzM3mpwthJDXyKW7zVI613YrOSr_EO1MZthzZIReS_Pg/books/KKiWHwAQRcyfKv7UF8lcbg/assets/ju12eic7S-ih50rtCLzLrA.jpeg?width=500&height=367

Born 1451 in Genoa, Italy Died May 20, 1506 in Valladolid, Spain -first European contact with the Caribbean, Central America and South America -sailed in command of three ships: Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina

there were 13 British colonies on the eastern coast -&gt; now: the USA

https://api.bookcreator.com/users/v2/kFf60ZCsP-UzM3mpwthJDXyKW7zVI613YrOSr_EO1MZthzZIReS_Pg/books/KKiWHwAQRcyfKv7UF8lcbg/assets/7mT4rzFOQCS2H8ImL82yyw.png?width=340&height=235

The History of Colonial America

New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts

Middle: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

each stripe stands for one British colony

<a href="bookcreator://page/LMpnva8aRL6AK0WYDJGfBg">1492: Columbus</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/jwMeG-arRc6WaFBGr02Ucg">1607: First permanent settlement</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/V3f-5pUWSYyPLEAcc32buQ">1770: American Independence</a> <a href="bookcreator://page/8Urd9vX0SaSYxQHiQLAUVQ">1776: Independence day</a>

https://api.bookcreator.com/users/v2/kFf60ZCsP-UzM3mpwthJDXyKW7zVI613YrOSr_EO1MZthzZIReS_Pg/books/KKiWHwAQRcyfKv7UF8lcbg/assets/kQmsXfbNQCKc_Y4_l9sHeg.jpeg?width=488&height=367

1607: the English founded their first permanent settlement

https://api.bookcreator.com/users/v2/kFf60ZCsP-UzM3mpwthJDXyKW7zVI613YrOSr_EO1MZthzZIReS_Pg/books/KKiWHwAQRcyfKv7UF8lcbg/assets/lkmhwtnSRv2Q5J8TvlV8Gw.jpeg?width=490&height=367

video to first permanent settlement

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.