The History of America
Nowadays
everybody knows what the word “America” means. First of all it is the name of
the country – The United States of America. And then America is the name of the
two continents – North America and South America.
Christopher
Columbus discovered America in 1492. The King and the Queen of Spain gave him
money to go to India. Columbus sailed west and didn’t reach India, but he
reached a new continent. People started to call it “The New World”.
England became interested in the New World too. And at the beginning of the
seventeenth century the first English settlements appeared in America. The
group of English people left England for the New World to start a new life and
to have no problems with the church. They set up a colony and called it “New
England”. When English colonists came to the New World, the Native Americans
met them and were very friendly and helped them a lot.
In 1773 there
were 13 colonies in America. The English King was the King of New England
and other colonies. But people in America didn’t want to depend on England. The
Americans began to fight for their independence and got it. George Washington
became the first President of the United States of America.
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