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14 08, 2017

American revolutionary war – American history

By |2019-01-24T05:29:15-08:00August 14th, 2017|History, North America|Comments Off on American revolutionary war – American history

American revolution: English soldiers search a settler's house (1770s) Why did the Americans revolt? In 1763 AD England won the French and Indian War against France (which had been fought mainly in North America), [...]

13 08, 2017

Louisiana Purchase – American history

By |2019-11-16T10:04:44-08:00August 13th, 2017|History, Native American, North America|Comments Off on Louisiana Purchase – American history

Louisiana Purchase: What Europeans were claiming Before the Louisiana purchase In 1800 AD, Native Americans still controlled most of North America. But Spain, France, Britain and the United States were busy fighting over who got to conquer [...]

13 08, 2017

The United States expands – American history

By |2018-04-18T09:53:59-07:00August 13th, 2017|History, North America|Comments Off on The United States expands – American history

What Europeans were claiming In 1803, the French emperor Napoleon needed money to rebuild France's army after the French Revolution. So he agreed to sell France's land in North America to the newly [...]

12 08, 2017

Comanche history – Native Americans

By |2019-04-17T21:19:11-07:00August 12th, 2017|History, Native American|Comments Off on Comanche history – Native Americans

Comanche women (1800s) From Shoshone to Comanche Pueblo people captured Spanish horses in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 AD, and they sold some of those horses to the Shoshone, in what is now Wyoming. [...]

12 08, 2017

Civil War Battles – American History

By |2019-04-07T19:26:49-07:00August 12th, 2017|History, North America|Comments Off on Civil War Battles – American History

Jefferson Davis Who was Jefferson Davis? The white men of the Confederacy elected their own president, Jefferson Davis (but the enslaved African-Americans were still not allowed to vote, and neither were women or anyone [...]

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