The Histories

When America was started in 1492, Indians were around. They made many nice handicrafts and vegetables that they traded with Pilgrims. This is my thesis. The Pilgrims were very happy to have such nice things that the Indians gave them. Pilgrims like to wear black clothes with big buckles on them. Indian like to wear beads and feathers and animal-hides. But when they trade, everything gets mixed up!

In england, the Pilgrims didn't get to practice their religion because of the King. They came to America for Freedom. When they sailed over to America on the Mayflower, they found out that the Indians had been waiting for them! Then they had Thanksgiving. 

At Thanksgiving, my family has turkey and cornbread stuffing and mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans and pumpkin pie with whipped cream. We go to Aunt Shelly's house most years but last year she and Uncle Billy had a baby from China. So we had Thanksgiving at our house.

The Indians and the Pilgrims had a nice Thanksgiving too. They had corn and turkey and pumpkin pie but no whipped cream. What did they talk about? They talked about how hard the journey was to the New World and how happy they all were to be together. They also talked about freedom and liberty and the Constitution. The Mayflower compact helped the Pilgrims to start their own country.

Then, they wrote the Declaration of Independence form England. George Washington was President and thomas Jefferson was his friend. Then they won the Revolution and Betsy Ross made a flag for us. (With only 13 stars for the thirteen original colonies).

But then, slavery was not fair because African Americans did not get to be equal and to have their freedom. But Abraham Lincoln decided enough was enough. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin and then was President. The Civil War was hard and sad, but they won when Abraham  Lincoln got shot.

After the Civil War, everything was better. A lot of people came on Ellis Island and America is a melting pot. But then, Hitler came and he was a Nazi and he didn't like Jewish people. My friend David is Jewish, and one time I went to his house for Passover, and it was fun. My granddad went in World War Two and fought the Nazis and won. After that, Franklin Roosevelt.

Martin Luther King is the next thing in American History. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, helped black people be equal again. And then, he got shot, and everyone was so sad, but it was ok because black people had Civil Rights.

September 11 changed everything. I was 4. My dad was in Orlando for his work and had to drive all the way home to our house. Terrorists came on September 11 because they hate freedom. They want us all to be the same.

This year, is the election, and it is very important to us. Pilgrims would want us to vote. It's what they wanted all along.