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HistoryoftheUnitedStates

IntroductionTheDiscoveryofAmericaTheIndependenceofAmericaTheAmericanCivilWar

TheGreatDepressionWorldWar2

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureQuestionsbeforereading？

WhofoundtheislandthatwaslatercalledAmerica？Isthereanypeoplelivedintheisland？Whatchangesdoyouthinkwillhappentotheirlives?WhywasthecontinentgiventhenameofAmerica？

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulture1、TheDiscoveryofAmerica

Columbus

In1492,ColumbuslandedatoneoftheCaribbeanislands.ColumbuscalledthelocalpeopleIndians.

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureAmerigo

Vespucci

阿美利哥韋斯普奇（意大利航海家，商人，美洲新大陸以其命名為America）

Hefirstconfirmedthefactthatanewcontinenthadbeendiscovered.TheNewWorldwasnamedAmericatohonorAmerigo

Vespucci.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureDoyouremember？

WhofoundtheislandthatwaslatercalledAmerica？Isthereanypeoplelivedintheisland？WhywasthecontinentgiventhenameofAmerica？

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulture2、TheindependenceofAmerica

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureQuestionsbeforereading？WheredidtheEnglishsettheirfirstcolony?HowmanycoloniesaretherebythesideoftheAtlanticcoastby1760s?Whofoughtthewarofindependence?Whatdoyouthinkisthereasonofthewar?What’sthecauseofthewar?

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheFirstPermanentEnglishColony

In1607ThreeshipscrossedtheAtlanticOceanandlandedbythesideofariver--theJamesRiver.ThefirstEnglishcolonywasfoundedatJamestown,Virginia.

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheFoundingoftheThirteenColoniesDuringthefirst150years,theBritishcoloniesinNorthAmericabecamea“meltingpot”.Bytheearly1760s,Englishsettlershadestablished13coloniesalongtheAtlanticcoast.

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheBirthoftheUnitedStatesTheConflictbetweenBritainandtheAmericanColonists

TheWarofIndependence

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheConflictbetweenBritainandtheAmericanColonistsBackgroundTheBritishgovernmentstartedimposingnewtaxesonsugar,coffeeandtextiles(紡織業).TheypassedmanylawssuchastheQuarteringActandtheStampAct(印花稅法).

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBostonTeaParty

波士頓傾茶事件BackgroundIn1773,Britishgovernmentpassedanewlaw---theTeaAct.Slogan

“Notaxationwithoutrepresentation”Time

December16,1773EventAgroupofAmericansthrew342boxesofteaintoBostonHarbour(波士頓港）.

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheWarofIndependenceTimeOnOctober19,1781ResultTheBritishsoldierswereforcedtosurrender.

ConsequencesGeorgeWashingtonbecamethefirstPresident.The4thofJulybecamethenationalholidayofAmerica---theIndependenceDay.

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheDeclarationofIndependence

OnJuly4,1776theSecondContinentalCongressofficiallydeclaredindependenceandformedtheUnitedStatesofAmericabyadoptingtheDeclarationofIndependence,writtenbyThomasJefferson（托馬斯·杰斐遜）ofVirginia.(July4iscelebratedasthenation'sbirthday.)Doyouremember?WheredidtheEnglishsettheirfirstcolony?HowmanycoloniesaretherebythesideoftheAtlanticcoastby1760s?Whofoughtthewarofindependence?Whatdoyouthinkisthereasonofthewar?What’sthecauseofthewar?

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureCompleteaTimeline123456BostnTeaParty/TeaActTheWarofIndependencebeganDeclarationofIndependencewasadoptedTheWarofIndependenceended

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulture13coloniesweresetup.ConflictbetweenBritainandAmerica.3、TheAmericanCivilWar南北戰爭Northernvs.SouthernAbrahamLincoln

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureQuestionsbeforereading？Whatdoyouthinkisthereasonthatthewartookplace?CouldyoutellmesomedifferencesbetweentheNorthernandtheSouthern?What’stheconsequenceofthewar?Whowonthewarandwhyweretheyabletoachievethat?

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNorthernvs.SouthernThreesignificantconflictsbetweentheNorthandSouthofAmerica.TheslaveproblemDifferenteconomicinterestsThepoliticalconflictMajorissueSlavery

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNorthernvs.SouthernTheSouthernstates

ClaimedforthemselvestheConfederateStates(ortheConfederacy)

Slavery

continuedTheNorthernStatesFoughttomaintaintheUnionCalledtheUnionStatesSlaveryhadbeenabolished

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNorthernvs.SouthernIssuesSouthernStatesNorthernStatesEconomyPlantations__________centerSlavery__________AbolishedPoliticalpowerMorepowerful__________powerfulSupportTheConfederacy____________Manufacturing

Continued

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TheUnion

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureAbrahamLincoln

March1861--tooktheofficeofthepresident.April12,1861--theCivilWarbegan.September22,1862--issuedthe

Emancipation

Proclamationwhichgrantedfreedomtoabout4millionslaves.

MadeafamousspeechinGettysburg.

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheCivilWaronApril9,1865TheCivilWarofficiallyendedwiththeunconditionalsurrenderoftheSouth.ConsequenceItresolvedtwofundamentalissues:Slaverywascompletelyabolished;Americabecameasingleandstrongernation.

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureDoyouremember?Whatdoyouthinkisthereasonthatthewartookplace?CouldyoutellmesomedifferencesbetweentheNorthernandtheSouthern?What’stheconsequenceofthewar?Whowonthewarandwhyweretheyabletoachievethat?

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulture4.TheGreatDepressionInOctober1929,thestockmarketcrashed,markedthebeginningoftheGreatDepression.Duringthistime,theUnitedStatesexperienceddeflation,unemploymentsoaredfrom3%in1929to25%in1933,andmanufacturingoutputcollapsedbyone-third.DorotheaLange‘sMigrantMother,depictsdestitutepeapickersinCaliforniaFranklinRooseveltandtheNewDeal羅斯福新政

①Hoover’sresponsetothedepression②PresidentandMrs.Roosevelt“Firstofall,letmeassertmyfirmbeliefthattheonlythingwehavetofearisfearitself－nameless,unreasoning,unjustifiedterrorwhichparalyzesneededeffortstoconvertretreatintoadvance.”1、TheEarlyPhasesoftheNewDealTobringimmediaterelieftothosewhoweresuffering

PublicWorksAdministrationCivilWorksAdministrationTobringtheeconomybacktoprosperityAgriculturalAdjustmentAdministrationToputsafeguardsinplacesothatthesamesituationwouldnotoccuragainFederalDepositInsuranceCorporationSecuritiesandExchangeCommission2、TheNewDealdidnotpullthenationoutoftheGreatDepressionHowever,itdidsubstantiallyimprovethelivesofmillionsofpeopleforboththeshorttermandthelongterm.TheprogramsoftheNewDealwouldhelpstabilizethecountryandbringhopetomillions.Doyouremember?What‘sthephenomenonofthedepression?WhatdoesFranklinRooseveltdotodealwiththedepression?Doesitwork?

IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureUSintheSecondWorldWarsAfterWorldWarIIBecamethestrongestpowerintheworld

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