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AmericanHistory
I.Americainthecolonialera
II.TheWarofIndependence
III.TheCivilWar
IV.AmericaduringthetwoWorldWars
I.Americainthecolonialera
WhoweretheveryfirstAmericans?
Whowasthefirstonediscoveringthenewcontinent?
Afterwhomwasthenewcontinentnamed?
Americainthecolonialera
1.TheveryfirstAmericanswereIndians.
Theycreatedtheircivilization,knownasMayacivilization,dominatingMexicoandCentralAmericafrom4thtothe10thcenturies.
TheywerethedescendantsoftheMongoloid(蒙古人种的)peopleinAsia.
About20,000yearsago,theytraveledtotheNorthAmericancontinentacrosstheBeringStrait(白令海峡).
2.ChristopherColumbusisbelievedtohavediscoveredAmerica.
In1492,ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredAmerica.However,hebelievedhehadreachedIndiaandcalledthenativesIndians.
In1500,AmerigoVespucci,anItaliannavigator,alsoundertheSpanishflag,drewtheconclusionthatwhathe
foundwasanewcontinent.
3.Theestablishmentofcolonies
SincetheAmericawasfound,theSpanishestablishedmanycolonies:Florida,LosAngeles,andSan
Francisco.
In1588,theSpanishArmadawasdefeatedbytheEnglishnavy，whichputEnglandinabetterpositionto
providesupportforitsNewWorldcolonies.
3.Theestablishmentofcolonies
Between1607and1733theBritishestablished13coloniesalongtheeastcoastofNorthAmerica.
These13colonieswereestablishedindifferentpatterns:
crowncolonies(直辖殖民地),
proprietarycolonies(业主殖民地),
chartercolonies(特许公司殖民地),
self-governingorcompactcolonies(自治殖民地或契约殖民地).
1)ThefirstsuccessfulEnglishcolonyinNorthAmericawasfoundedatJamestown,Virginia,in1607.
2)In1620,agroupofPilgrimssailedtotheNewWorldinashipcalledMayflower.TheyarrivedatPlymouth,
andbuilttheNewPlymouthcolonyinNewEngland.ThesePilgrimsdrewuptheepoch-makingMayflowerCompact(五月花契约),whichwassignedbyalladultmalesontheship.
3.Theestablishmentof
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