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Decide which of the following titles would be the best for each paragraph (1-6). There is one title more than you need. Fighting fo r independ t es rv ha ul ence ccessf su a e at br le ce to e m Ti The first colonies depended on Britain The end of the natives of the land The settlers The first se move wes ttlers t Brave pioneers
UNIT 4A
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1 _________________________ On September 6th 1620, the one hundred and two men and women who were emigrants known as the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from England on the Mayflower. Two months later they landed in the region known as New England and founded the first settlements there. They found the Indians there who had lived as natives on the American continent for a long time.
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2 _________________________ The Indians showed them how to plant their crops, how to grow corn and as a result, they had a plentiful harvest which gave them sufficient food for the next winter. After they had collected the crops, they prepared a feast to thank God and the Indians for a good harvest. That was the first Thanksgiving Dinner.
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3 _________________________ In the following years, more people settled on the east coast of America. They brought with them their language and their institutions. By 1733, the settlers had founded thirteen colonies and although not all of the colonists had come from Great Britain, all were subject to the rule of the British crown. 4 _________________________ However, the disagreement over the way in which Great Britain treated the colonies gradually began to develop. These growing tensions, which lasted for a long time, finally broke out into open conflict in 1775, when the settlers revolted against England. The colonies gained their freedom in 1783 after they had signed a peace treaty with England. George Washington became the first President of the United States.
5 _________________________ At the beginning of the 19th century, a new migration started westward. Men and women left their homes in New England, where the soil was not good for growing crops, and headed west to take advantage of the fertile land.
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