THE USA

WHY HAD PEOPLE SO FAR BEEN

GOING TO AMERICA?

• To explore
• To make money
• To live on their own
WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN ENGLAND?
In the 1500s, England broke away from the Roman
Catholic Church and created a new church called
the Church of England.
Everyone in England had to belong to the church.

There was a group called Separatists that

wanted to separate from the Church of England.
WHEN DID THEY “ESCAPE”?

IN SEPTEMBER, 1620
 HOW DID THEY TRAVEL TO
AMERICA?
On two ships:
The Speedwell:
After a few hundred miles, it had to stop for
some reparations
•some people stayed in England
•some people went on the Mayflower.

The Mayflower:
It was 106 feet (32 mts)
 DETAILS ABOUT THE JOURNEY?
People on board:
• about 100 passengers (70 adults and 30 children)
• about 30 crew members

Animals they took with them:

Goats Pigs Chickens Dogs

Main problems encountered:

• The ship was crowded. •Sick people (2 people died)
• Boring journey.
 WHO WAS GOING TO RULE?
ON THEIR JOURNEY, THEY REALISED
THAT ONCE THEY ARRIVED, THERE
WOULDN’T BE ANY TYPE OF
GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW. SO, THEY
DECIDED TO WRITE A PLAN OF
GOVERNMENT AND SIGNED IT ON
BOARD ON NOVEMBER 11, 1620:
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT
 WHEN DID THEY ARRIVE?
THEY ARRIVED ON NOVEMBER, 11TH

WHERE DID THEY ARRIVE?

THEY ARRIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS
THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO GO TO VIRGINIA, TO
BE EXACT TO JAMESTOWN WHICH HAD BEEN
FOUNDED IN 1607. BUT THEY ARRIVED IN
MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OF THE STORMS.
 HOW WAS IT AT THE BEGINNING?
THEY LOOKED FOR A NICE PLACE TO
SETTLE WHICH THEY CALLED
PLYMOUTH.

AS THEY ARRIVED IN NOVEMBER, THE

FIRST WINTER WAS TERRIBLE. THERE
WAS NO FOOD AND IT WAS TERRIBLY
COLD.
SO, MANY PEOPLE DIED.
 WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE WHO
SURVIVED?
IN APRIL 1621, THE MAYFLOWER
RETURNED TO ENGLAND LEAVING
THE PILGRIMS ON THEIR OWN.

THE PILGRIMS WHO STAYED

RECEIVED HELP FROM THE NATIVE
AMERICANS.
 WHO WAS SQUANTO?
SQUANTO WAS ONE OF
THE NATIVES WHO HELPED
THEM.
HE TAUGHT THEM MANY THINGS SUCH AS:
HOW TO PLANT CORN
HOW TO FISH AND TRAP ANIMALS

HE COULD SPEAK ENGLISH. SO, HE ALSO INTERPRETED

FOR THE PILGRIMS.
 WHAT CHANGED?
THAT FAR THERE WAS A GOOD
HARVEST. SO, THERE WAS MORE
FOOD.

THEY STARTED A CELEBRATION THAT

LASTED THREE DAYS AND THEY
INVITED THE NATIVE AMERICANS.
THIS CELEBRATION IS KNOWN AS
THANKSGIVING.
 HOW MANY COLONIES WERE
THERE?
JAMESTOWN, IN VIRGINIA, WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1607, BUT IT WAS
NOT THE FIRST ONE. AS WE HAVE
SEEN, THE PILGRIMS ACTUALLY
WANTED TO ARRIVE THERE. BUT
THEY ARRIVED IN
MASSACHUSETTS AND
ESTABLISHED PLYMOUTH.
 WHAT OTHER COLONIES WERE
FORMED?
ROANOKE ISLAND, JAMESTOWN,
PLYMOUTH, AND MASSACHUSETTS
BAY COLONY WERE THE EARLIEST OF
THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS. THEY
PAVED THE WAY FOR FUTURE
COLONIES TO DEVELOP. DURING THE
17TH AND THE 18TH CENTURIES A
TOTAL OF 13 COLONIES WERE
ESTABLISHED.
WHICH WERE THE 13 BRITISH COLONIES?
 WHAT MADE PEOPLE IN THE COLONIES
ANGRY?
ALTHOUGH THE COLONIES WERE IN
AMERICA, THEY BELONGED TO BRITAIN.
SO, THEY HAD TO PAY TAXES IN BRITAIN.
PEOPLE STARTED BEING ANGRY BECAUSE
THEY HAD TO PAY TAXES, BUT THEY DID
NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT. SO, THEY
ESTABLISHED THE PRINCIPLE
“NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”.
WHAT CONSEQUENCES DID THIS HAVE?
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
COLONIES AND BRITAIN GOT
WORSE WHICH LED TO THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
IN FACT, IN 1776, THE COLONIES
DECLARED THEMSELVES
INDEPENDENT AND FORMED THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
 WHAT DID THEIR FLAG LOOK LIKE?

THERE WERE 13 STRIPES AND 13 STARS,

ONE FOR EACH COLONY.
 WHEN AND HOW DID THEY BECOME
INDEPENDENT?
The Declaration of Independence was
signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776
and announced that the thirteen
American colonies, regarded
themselves as independent, and no
longer under British rule.
They formed a new nation—
the United States of America.