Kalani

Seven (7) years old

Washington Is Inaugurated

by Kalani
Washington reached the balcony of the Federal Building, ill with fatigue( Fatigue means: extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness).On April 30, 1789, on the balcony of the Federal Building on Broad Street, George Washington was to become the First President of the United States.

The French and Indian War

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The French and Indian War started on May 28, 1754, and ended on February 10, 1763. The location of this war was in North America. In the war, France and Great Britain went against each other. They were fighting over the Ohio River Valley. After a long war, Great Britain won the War.

Colonial America Produces A Genius

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In Colonial America, there was a Genius named Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father of the United States. Benjamin Franklin became the Founding Father of the United States in 1775.

How the Indians Lived

by Kalani
The Indians would live by building houses. They made houses by using cypress, or red or white cedar. Only when they can get neither of these wood they would use pine bark. They set the wood about two feet apart in a circle in the ground. The tops are bent together and tied either with ... Read More

Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet

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Ninety-five years after the death of de Soto, the first real explorer of the Mississippi, Jacques Marquette, was born in 1637 in an old chateau in Laon, a city north of Paris. At this time, Louis Joliet, a young mapmaker educated in the Jesuit school at Quebec, also heard of the Mississippi and wondered if ... Read More

Freedom to Worship God

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In the winter and spring of 1607-1608, a band of Separatists found the heart to make the break with their beloved homeland. In 1620, the first group of Separatists left Leyden for Southampton, where they had arranged to join a group of friends from London. Two boats, the Speedwell and the Mayflower, had been chartered ... Read More

The Three Small Ships

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On the coast of Jamestown Island in Virginia, on May 13, 1607 appeared three small ships appeared. The Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery ship. The Susan Constant Ship The Susan Constant, of one hundred tons under Captain Christopher Newport, brought seventy-one persons. The Susan Constant is 116 feet long from the tip to stern, ... Read More

Christopher Columbus

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Christopher was an Explorer and Navigator born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He died May 20, 1506, in Valladolid, Spain. His parents were Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa. His children were Diego Columbus and Ferdinand Columbus. Christopher Columbus is known for the first major European expedition to the Americas.

Leif Erickson

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Leif Erikson was born in the Icelandic Commonwealth and died in Greenland. He was known as the First European in Vinland. His parents were Erik the Red and Thjodhild. Erik’s son, Leif Erikson, became the first Norseman to explore the land of Vinland.

Three Sister Farming

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Three sister farming is about corn, beans, and squash. Corn is the supporter, Beans are the giver, Squash is the protector. I’ll be sure to tell you how to do it. First, you have to prepare the soil. Preparing the soil involves taking the weeds out and etc. Second, you get the corn right in ... Read More