What I have learned so far....

Over the past few weeks I have learned made many new discoveries about history that I never new existed! We began the lesson by learning about the settlers and they were the first people to colonize and not indians. As we continued our journey through the exciting history of the US, we discovered slaves and what disadvantages for the US that came with them. Slaves arrived on Dutch ships in 1619 in Virginia to be bought and sold to the southern states. The Original Thirteen Colonies were established from 1626 to 1732. These Colonies were Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New  Hampshire, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Britain created Acts, taxing colonists, to help the British defend themselves from colonies. Because of these Acts created, the French and Indian War was also created. In July of 1776, colonists agreed they deserved to be free from the British Empire so they created the Declaration of Independence to unify their colonies into states. A few years later, the first ever government was created. The Articles of Confederation were given very little power and had no ability to increase the revenue or even enforce its own policies.