Chapter 3

The Capital of the USA:

1.Which was the capital of the USA before Washington?
The capital of USA was Philadelphia

2.Why did the American people consider that it wasn't a good location for the government?
1800 t'hem people startedbto live there

The White House:

1.Who was the first president that lived in the wite house?
The John Adams was the firts president to live there.

2.Describe the white house.
There are 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms , is is 21 metres high and 51 metres wide

The Statue of Liberty: 2 Questions

1.When was build The Statue of Liberty?
2.Haw can go up viewpoint of The Statue of Liberty?

The American Civil War

 A Diary Extract

1860:

Hay problemas en nuestro país. La gente en el del norte viven en ciudades, pero en el sur, ellos viven en plantaciónes y poseen esclavos. Los propietarios de plantación quieren mantener a sus esclavos, pero la gente en el norte quiere querer suprimir la esclavitud. Ellos dicen es cruel.

Abraham Lincoln es ahora Presidente de USA.Él quiere acabar  con la esclavitud. La gente del surd quieren salir de la Union i tener su propia nación, llamada Los Estados Confederados de America, o Confederacion. Pero Lincoln quiere conservar el país juntos. Qué pasara?

CHAPTER 1:

1. VOCABULARY:

Voyage: viatge                                                         Grow: creixer

Pilgrim:  pelegrí                                                       Built: construit

Freedom: llibertat                                                    Keep: mantenir

Storms: tormenta                                                     Corn: moresc

Land: terra                                                             Own(verb): posseir


2.ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

a)When did the Mayflower depart from England?

On 6th September 1620.

b)How long was the journey?

It took them 65 days.

c)What was the name of the first English village?

The name of the village is Plymounth.

d)How many British colonies were there in 1750?

The British had 13 colonies.

3.POST  A  MAP  OF  PLYMOUTH  USA  AND  PLAY  MOUTH  ENGLAND:

  

THE USA FOR MI IS

THE STATUE OF LIBER:

The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture  in New York.

France paid for the statue and the United States paid for the pedestal.

The statue weighs 204,11.72 kg.

40 people can stand in the head. 

THE AMERICAN FLAG:

The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the Unitde States of American and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the Union.

In 1777, governament officials passed the Flag Act.

THE WHITE HOUSE:

Architect James Hoban started to construct the White Hopyuse in 1792 and finished it in 1800.

It is the official  house president.

THE GRAND CANYON:

The Gran Canyon, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, is the state of Arizona in the southwest of the USA.