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Many different people came to North America for over 10 000 years ago. The vikings came in year 1000 and Christopher Columbus expedition reached the Americans in 1492. -
Many different kinds of people came to visit the continent we now call North America over 10,000 years ago. In the year 1000 the vikings came, and later when Christopher Columbus’s expedition reached the Americas in 1492. In 1607 the first permanent settlement was established in Jamestown, Virginia. -
The settlers wanted to create a new country, independent of Great Britian. In 1776 they wrote the Declaration of Independence that became the beginning of a 8 year war. Only men could subject to the rights, but not woman and slaves. -
The American settlement could not have happened without the help of the Native Americans. Sacagewea helped Lewis and Clarke to a new territory in the west. Without her knowledge, they would not have been able to travel across the treacherous North America. -
Blacks and whites were seperated, Jim Craw Laws were made for the blacks. Separate but equal in the south. -
Importance of non-violence, and marches were their biggest way of protesting. Overturned by the Supreme Court. -
I have a dream speech infront of the whole Lincoln Memorial. Martin Luther King Jr. fighting for the black people rights. -
Although things have improved since slavery, African Americans and other people of color still face discrimination. Black Lives Matter, founded in 2013, protests against racism towards Black Americans. Native Americans continue to struggle with poverty and unemployment, and many live on reservations. Over time, the government has taken more of their land, leaving them with very little.