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The American colonies were settled by Dutch navegators who
founded them.
The first English settlements were made in the Gulf of Mexico.
Slaves were introduced to this country by Spain and Portugese
people.
Kink Louis decleared ware against Kink William who commanded
the English Fources.
A party of French and lndains came to Sketiney and the Indains
tomahorks was frozen. It was a very bobloody war. For Fourty
years the war was but it did not last longe. The war ended in
1776 because Kink Phillip discovered the dead. It was called his
war because he was the cheaf mouver of it.
Virginia was named from Queen Virgin who was called Elizabeth.
The Indians were the first Americans and they settled over a vast
expanse of the county.
Salem witch craft was a son of Massasoit.
The Indian wars were very desecrating to the country.
The Indians pursued their warfare by hiding in bushes and then
scalping them.
Captain John Smith has been styled the father of his country. His life
was saved by his daughter Pochahantas.
The Puritans found an insane asylum in the wilds of America.
They were called Puritans because they were more quiet than the
Episcopalians.
Miles Standish discovered Plymouth and it was named in his honor.
Roger Williams called the settlement Rhode Island in honor of God’s
merciful Providence shown to him.
William Penn was born in Boston in 1007. He was the first white
man who founded Pennsylvania. He founded Pennsylvania
because his name was William Penn.
William Penn discovered Philadelphia and laid out its streets.
The Stamp Act was to make everybody stamp all materials so they
should be null and void.
Benedict Arnold was greatly regretted by the Americans as well as
by the English.
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