《英语国家概况》Unit2AmericanHistory课件

AmericanHistory
TheUnitedStatesNationalEmblem
I.AmericaintheColonialEra
II.TheAmericanWarof
Independence
III.TheAmericanCivilWar
IV.Americainthe20thCentury
V.Americainthe21stCentury
ColonizationofNorthAmerica(1607-1776)
Wordbank
theBeringStrait白令海峡
Caribbean加勒比海
Genoe(意大利西北部城市)热那亚
conquistador 西班牙征服者,征服者
ChristopherColumbus克里斯多夫.哥伦布
AmerigoVespucci亚美利哥.维斯普奇
Jamestown詹姆斯敦
Plymouth普利茅斯
Indians:The“firstAmericans”
TheDiscoveryoftheNewWorld
ChristopherColumbusreachedAmericaOnOct.12,1492
Thenewcontinent
In1492,ColumbuslandedatoneoftheCaribbeanislands.
ColumbusbelievedthathehadreachedIndiaandcalledthenativepeopleIndians.
AmerigoVespuccidiscoveredthecontinentofSouthAmerica,thecontinentwasnamedafterhim.
RelationsofAmericanIndianswithEuropeanttlers
friendship
hostility
AmericanIndianshelpedtheearlyEuropeanstosurvive
ThefirstThanksgivinginNorthAmerica.
AmericanIndianswerekilledanddriventomountainousandbarrenareasknownasIndianRervations,asaresultofinterestsinlandandculturalconflicts
WhydidtheearlyttlerscometoAmerica?
Opportunity
ItdrewEnglishmerchantswhodreamedofestablishinggreatnewestatesoutofthewildness.
Itdrewcarpenters,bakers,tailorsandotherskilledworkmenwhocouldnotfindjobinEngland.
Itdrewthepoorandthehomelessfromfarmlandsandvillages.
ItdrewmanyEnglishinarchofreligiousfreedom.