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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE BIRTH

OF A NEW NATION

MORE THAN 370 YEARS AGO

PEOPLE WERE LEAVING ENGLAND FOR AMERICA

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS

FOR LEAVING ENGLAND WAS RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AT HOME

SOME RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

THE PURITANS - WANTED TO REFORM THE ENGLISH CHURCH

ONE GROUP OF 35 MEN

DECIDED TO EMIGRATE FIRST TO HOLLAND

LATER IN JULY 1620

THEY SAILED ON MAYFLOWER TO SET UP A COLONY IN AMERICA

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1620,

THEY STARTED BUILDING A VILLAGE - THE NEW PLYMOUTH

AT FIRST THE RELATIONS

BETWEEN THE COLONISTS AND THE INDIANS WERE GOOD

YANKEES

ON JULY 4TH, 1776

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF 13 COLONIES SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

WAS SIGNED IN THE INDEPENDENCE HALL