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A presentation about the beginning of America: the first settlers, the first thanksgiving, Jamestown Colony, etc
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AMERICAN LITERATURE IFORGING A NATIONProf. André Lima
1620 – THE MAYFLOWER BROUGHT 101 PEOPLE
WILLIAM BRADFORD AND THE 87 PILGRIMS
THEY CAME FOR FREEDOM AND LAND
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
TRADING
JAMESTOWN COLONY
Over a decade earlier 105 men stepped ashore in Virginia for land and gold.
They decided to steal from the Indians.
John Smith held the colony together.
The colonists learned the secrets of tobacco.
July 30th, 1619. It is the day that marks the beginning of political liberty in America
the Virginia Company sends a ship with 90 eligible woman to the colony.
AUGUST IN 1619, A DUTCH SHIP SAILS INTO HARBOR WITH A TERRIBLE CARGO:
20 AFRICAN SLAVES.
PURITAN AMERICAN
Plymouth and Jamestown flourished.
A new American culture of self-reliance, individuality and freedom.
The first puritans were more concerned of God and land
INDIANS AND WHITES TOGETHER FORMED AND ENTIRELY NEW WORLD FOR
BOTH OF THEM
MINISTER ROGER WILLIAM IS DRIVEN INTO THE WOODS DURING THE
WINTER
THE SALEM WITCHES TRIALS
LAND AND FREEDOM
