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423 Years of American History in 13 Minutes
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America is the richest and most powerful
country in history. But America's rise
to number one was actually quite
unexpected. In fact, most of North
America was ignored for more than a
100red years after it was discovered.
Here's a map that was made right before
Christopher Columbus discovered America.
The Vikings said they had discovered an
island somewhere over here, but no one
realized that it was actually a
continent. So, Columbus believed that he
could find a trade route to Asia by
sailing west. But actually, he found
some islands in the Caribbean Sea.
Columbus didn't find the spices he was
expecting, but he still believed that he
was close to India. So, he called the
natives Indians, got some goodies, and
took them back to the king and queen of
Spain. Hey, your majesties, I just got
back from Asia. Great. Where are the
spices? Well, uh, we haven't found the
spices yet, but they've got lots and
lots of gold. Now you're talking,
Columbus. Go back. Tell them all to be
Christians and bring back that gold.
A few years before Columbus claimed the
West Indies for Spain, the Portuguese
had discovered that they could reach
Asia by sailing around Africa. So, Spain
and Portugal drew a line right down the
middle of the map. And they agreed that
all the non-Christian lands on this side
of the line would belong to Portugal and
everything on the other side would
belong to Spain. So the Portuguese
sailed to Asia and built a huge trading
empire and the Spanish got busy
conquering their half of the world. All
of the interesting parts of the Americas
were down here where there was lots of
gold, silver, and people. So that's
where the Spanish went. Actually, the
Spanish also sent an expedition into
North America in 1539, but they didn't
find gold and silver. So they mostly
ignored all these useless lands up here
in North America. The English actually
sent an explorer to North America while
the Spanish were still exploring the
islands in the Caribbean. That was 16
years before the Spanish discovered
Florida. But after that, the English
waited almost 100red years before they
tried to colonize America. England's
first colony was established at Rono,
North Carolina in 1585. But the same
year, England got busy fighting a war
with Spain, and that colony mysteriously
disappeared. So they tried again at
Jamestown, and this time it worked.
Next, the pilgrims arrived in Plymouth.
The pilgrims were strict Christians who
outlawed bad stuff like gambling and
celebrating Christmas. Soon, lots and
lots of people were coming to America,
and before long, the East Coast was
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