https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg A Timeline of American History en-us 2020-03-04 17:27:29 UTC 2020-03-27 13:42:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png jaylabarnhill https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454509566 "Approximately 12,000 years ago, people crossed the Bering Strait, from to North America. The Bering Strait is a body of water that separates Asia from North America . How did they cross? Back then, the Bering Strait was frozen over with ice. This created a land bridge made of ice. People walked across the ice and came the North America.]]> 2020-03-04 17:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454509566 jaylabarnhill https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454510003 "A man named Christopher Columbus was searching for a faster trade route to Asia. He sailed west from Spain ran into the Bahamas. A little further west of the Bahamas was North America ans South America. He had discovered a "New World."]]> 2020-03-04 17:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454510003 jaylabarnhill https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454510303 "Soon after Columbus discover this "New World", other Spanish explorers began exploring and setting up colonies in North and South America. They mostly came in search of gold and silver. They were cruel to the indigenous people (Native Americans). The Spanish started the slaves trade in the Americans. The French and English start to colonize the Americans as well
"]]> 2020-03-04 17:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454510303 jaylabarnhill https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454510477 In 158, the English attempted to establish a colony on an island off the coast of Virginia, called Roanoke. The leader of that colony sailed back to England for supplies. He was held up and did not return until 3 years later. When he did return, all of the colonists had dissappeared. Roanoke was unsuccessful.]]> 2020-03-04 17:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454510477 jaylabarnhill https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454510628 "In 1607,more English came and established Jamestown in Virginia. It was a difficult task. The people of Jamestown had to word very hard. They had to worry about hostile indians, sickness and starvation. In the end, the people of Jamestown endured and Jamestown was the first successful English settlement in North America."]]> 2020-03-04 17:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454510628 jaylabarnhill https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454511418 In 1754, war broke out between England and French. This was called the French and Indian War. The English did not like that the French had colonies and territories in North America. ]]> 2020-03-04 17:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/454511418 jaylabarnhill https://padlet.com/jaylabarnhill/jx7zbj97iosg/wish/457744691 "In 1775, the American Revolution began. The colonists in North America no longer wanted to be part of England. They wanted to establish their own independent nation. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776. The war lasted from 1775-1781. The Americans won their independence."



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