Welcome to the 1700s!!!

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• Welcome to the 1700s!!!
• How did the United States begin to be a country?

https//www.youtube.com/watch?vER8SNaIU8Nw
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Colonization and Independence

• Many European people and countries explored the
  New World in the 1600s.
• How did these countries come to make colonies and
  expand?
• And why did the US began in the Northeast, still
  known today as New England?

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The Thirteen Original Colonies
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vL3cwWQcNr8o
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The first colony in New England

• In 1607 Jamestown (Virginia) was founded by John
  Smith from England John Rolfe AND Pocahontas

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vvpA5O46Ioyk
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Scandinavia in New England

• Netherlands
• 1624 Fort Orange colony in Albany New York
• 1626 purchases Manhattan Island for 24 dollars
• 1655 New Amsterdam takes over New Sweden in
  Delaware
• 1664 Britain takes over Dutch colonies
• 1682 Quakers (William Penn) came to
  Pennsylvania and Delaware

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1664-1763 French and Spanish Colonies

• 1673 Marquette and Joillet (France) claim
  Louisiana
• 1680 Civil war among Pueblo Indians, Spanish
  retook Southwest in 1692
• 1689 1763 French and Indian wars, France gave
  up its land to Spain.
• 1769 1823 Spanish missions founded up West
  Coast

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Famous ColoniesIn 1620 the Pilgrims came to
Massachusetts on the Mayflower They made the
Plymouth colony and the first
ThanksgivingRoger Conant started the Salem
Colony in 1623famous for the Salem Witch Trials
in 1692
REVIEW OF COLONIES http//www.youtube.com/watch?v
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Development of Schools
Harvard University Massachusetts Bay Colony 1650
The College of William Mary Colony and Dominion of Virginia 1693
Yale University Connecticut Colony 1701
Princeton University Province of New Jersey 1746
College of Philadelphia (U Penn) Province of Pennsylvania 1755
King's College (Columbia) Province of New York 1754
Rhode Island College (Brown) Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1764
Queen's College (Rutgers) Province of New Jersey 1766
Dartmouth College Province of New Hampshire 1769
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Ben Franklin

• 1729 - begins publishing The Pennsylvania
  Gazette.
• 1731 - founds first public library in
  Philadelphia.
• 1732 - publishes Poor Richard's Almanac.
• George Washington is born in Virginia.
• 1740s invention of the Franklin stove
• 1752 kite-and-key experiment
• 1776 printed and signed declaration of
  independence
• 1787 constitutional convention

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George Washington

• 1732 (February 22) Born in Virginia
• 1754-1758 French and Indian War
• 1759 (January 6) Married Martha
• 1775 Commander in Chief of the Army
• 1776 (July 4) Declaration of Independence
• 1781 (October 19) Victory at Yorktown
• 1789 Elected first President of the United States
  
• 1793 Re-elected President
• 1799 (Dec 14) Died at 67

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1765-1776 Road to Independence

• 1765- Stamp Act
• 1770- Boston Massacre (the ride of Paul Revere)
• 1773- Boston Tea Party
• 1775- "The shot heard 'round the world"

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The Revolutionary War!

• 1776- Declaration of Independence
• 4th of July
• 1778- France sides with the United States
  (Lafayette)
• 1779- John Paul Jones "I have not yet begun to
  fight."
• 1781- British surrender at Yorktown
• 1783- Treaty of Paris ends the Revolution

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Beginning of the new Government

• 1787- Constitutional Convention
• 1789- George Washington's Inauguration as
  president
• 1791- Bill of Rights adopted

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• So, that is how the United States began to be a
  country.
• Next week, we will see how it became the country
  it is today.
• See you next week!
• Think about your historical fiction story!