英美概况英文美国历史(课堂PPT)

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• The New World was named America to honor Amerigo Vespucci.
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The First Permanent English Colony
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Introduction to British and American Culture
Colonization of North America
• American Indians • The Discovery of America • The First Permanent English Colony • The Mayflower • The Founding of the Thirteen Colonies
History
Part One History of the United States I
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Learning Focus
• Columbus and the New World • American Indians • The Mayflower • The War of Independence • The American Civil War
American Indians
• Were skilled hunters and fishermen • Developed the brilliant American
civilizations of the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas.
Introduction to British and American Culture
Christopher Columbus.
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Introduction to British and American Culture
American Indians
• The Bering Strait was tied together
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Introduction to British and American Culture
American Indians
• About 25,000 years ago • Descendants of Asian people-Mongoloid • The name “Indians” was given by
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Introduction to British and American Culture
Amerigo Vespucci
• He first confirmed the fact that a new continent had been discovered.
• It was possible to for the Indians to walk from Asia to Alaska 25000 years ago.
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Introduction to British and American Culture
__________________________________ 2. Do you know where the name “America” came
from? __________________________________ 3. Which American holidays do you know? __________________________________
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Introduction to British and American Culture
The Mayflower
• Significance
– A symbol of early European colonization of the Americas
• Background
– oppressed by the Church of England – In 1620 – 102 people sailed in a ship named the “Mayflower”. – Landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Introduction to British and American Culture
Warm-up
Think about the following questions. 1. Who are the original American people?
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The Discovery of America
Columbus • In 1492, Columbus landed at one of the
Caribbean islands. • Columbus called the local people Indians.
• In 1607 • Three ships crossed the Atlantic Ocean and
landed by the side of a river--the James River. • The first English colony was founded at
Jamestown, Virginia.
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