The History of the United States English Social Studies department Grade 8 Quarter one Chapter 2 lesson 2 The History of the United States

The History of the United States

Christopher Columbus

He is the person, who discovered America in 1492. Christopher Columbus He is the person, who discovered America in 1492. He is an Italian navigator. He sailed from Spain looking for a shorter route between the east and the west. He was heading for India, but he made a mistake by landing on the Bahamas islands in the Caribbean Sea instead of going to Asia. He found 1.5 million people were living there. He thought that those people were the Indians.

The Native American

The history of the American people: The history of the Americans is a story of immigration and diversity.   The first American immigrants were intercontinental wanderers, nomads & hunters following animal herds, they were coming from Asia.

The first Europeans that came to Canada were The Vikings, but they failed to establish permanent settlements. After discovering America, Spanish explorers could establish a huge empire in the central and South America within 40 years.

There are many trials from different countries to colonize America such as England and France.   There is a war between England and France that lasted for seven years. This war was ended by controlling the British the North America east of the Mississippi in addition to Canada.

After all the colonists were in conflict with England, the mother country, so they convened the first continental congress to discuss their opposition to the British rule.

At last the Americans had their independency after many rebellions and revolutionary war against the British with the help of the French troops. In 1783, the war ended with signing of the treaty of Paris by which England recognized American independence.

The History of the United States Christopher Columbus: He is an Italian navigator, , who discovered America in 1492. He sailed from Spain looking for a shorter route between the east and the west. He was heading for India, but he made a mistake by landing on the Bahamas islands. There are many trials from different countries to colonize America such as England and France.

There is a war between England and France that lasted for seven years There is a war between England and France that lasted for seven years. This war was ended by controlling the British After all the colonists were in conflict with England, so they convened the first continental congress to discuss their opposition to the British rule. At last the Americans had their independency after many rebellions and revolutionary war against the British with the help of the French troops.