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welcomeHistoryoftheUnitedStatesIntroductionTheDiscoveryofAmericaTheIndependenceofAmericaTheAmericanCivilWarTheGreatDepressionWorldWar2IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureQuestionsbeforereading？WhofoundtheislandthatwaslatercalledAmerica？Isthereanypeoplelivedintheisland？Whatchangesdoyouthinkwillhappentotheirlives?WhywasthecontinentgiventhenameofAmerica？IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulture1、TheDiscoveryofAmericaColumbusIn1492,ColumbuslandedatoneoftheCaribbeanislands.ColumbuscalledthelocalpeopleIndians.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureAmerigoVespucci阿美利哥韦斯普奇（意大利航海家，商人，美洲新大陆以其命名为America）Hefirstconfirmedthefactthatanewcontinenthadbeendiscovered.TheNewWorldwasnamedAmericatohonorAmerigoVespucci.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureDoyouremember？WhofoundtheislandthatwaslatercalledAmerica？Isthereanypeoplelivedintheisland？WhywasthecontinentgiventhenameofAmerica？IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulture2、TheindependenceofAmericaIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureQuestionsbeforereading？WheredidtheEnglishsettheirfirstcolony?HowmanycoloniesaretherebythesideoftheAtlanticcoastby1760s?Whofoughtthewarofindependence?Whatdoyouthinkisthereasonofthewar?What’sthecauseofthewar?IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheBirthoftheUnitedStatesTheConflictbetweenBritainandtheAmericanColonistsTheWarofIndependenceIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheConflictbetweenBritainandtheAmericanColonistsBackgroundTheBritishgovernmentstartedimposingnewtaxesonsugar,coffeeandtextiles(纺织业).TheypassedmanylawssuchastheQuarteringActandtheStampAct(印花税法).IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBostonTeaParty波士顿倾茶事件BackgroundIn1773,Britishgovernmentpassedanewlaw---theTeaAct.Slogan“Notaxationwithoutrepresentation”TimeDecember16,1773EventAgroupofAmericansthrew342boxesofteaintoBostonHarbour(波士顿港）.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheWarofIndependenceTimeOnOctober19,1781ResultTheBritishsoldierswereforcedtosurrender.ConsequencesGeorgeWashingtonbecamethefirstPresident.The4thofJulybecamethenationalholidayofAmerica---theIndependenceDay.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTheDeclarationofIndependenceOnJuly4,1776theSecondContinentalCongressofficiallydeclaredindependenceandformedtheUnitedStatesofAmericabyadoptingtheDeclarationofIndependence,writtenbyThomasJefferson（托马斯·杰斐逊）ofVirginia.(July4iscelebratedasthenation'sbirthday.)Doyouremember?WheredidtheEnglishsettheirfirstcolony?HowmanycoloniesaretherebythesideoftheAtlanticcoastby1760s?Whofoughtthewarofindependence?Whatdoyouthinkisthereasonofthewar?What’sthecauseofthewar?IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureCompleteaTimeline123456BostnTeaParty/TeaActTheWarofIndependencebeganDeclarationofIndependencewasadoptedTheWarofIndependenceendedIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulture13coloniesweresetup.ConflictbetweenBritainandAmerica.3、TheAmericanCivilWar南北战争Northernvs.SouthernAbrahamLincolnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureQuestionsbeforereading？Whatdoyouthinkisthereasonthatthewartookplace?CouldyoutellmesomedifferencesbetweentheNorthernandtheSouthern?What’stheconsequenceofthewar?Whowonthewarandwhyweretheyabletoachievethat?IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNorthernvs.SouthernThreesignificantconflictsbetweentheNorthandSouthofAmerica.TheslaveproblemDifferenteconomicinterestsThepoliticalconflictMajorissueSlaveryIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNorthernvs.SouthernTheSouthernstatesClaimedforthemselvestheConfederateStates(ortheConfederacy)SlaverycontinuedTheNorthernStatesFoughttomaintaintheUnionCalledtheUnionStatesSlaveryhadbeenabolishedIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNorthernvs.SouthernIssuesSouthernStatesNorthernStatesEconomyPlantations__________centerSlavery__________AbolishedPoliticalpowerMorepowerful__________powerfulSupportTheConfederacy____________ManufacturingContinuedLessTheUnionIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureAbrahamLincolnMarch1861--tooktheofficeofthepresident.April12,1861--theCivilWarbegan.September22,1862--issuedtheEmancipationProclamationwhichgrantedfreedomtoabout4millionslaves.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罗斯福新政①Hoover’sresponsetothedepression②PresidentandMrs.Roosevelt“Firstofall,letmeassertmyfirmbeliefthattheonlythingwehavetofearisfearitself－nameless,unreasoning,unjustifiedterrorwhichparalyzesneededeffortstoconvertretreatintoadvance.”1、TheEarlyPhasesoftheNewDealTobringimmediaterelieftothosewhoweresufferingPublicWorksAdministrationCivilWorksAdministrationTobringtheeconomybacktoprosperityAgriculturalAdjustmentAdministrationToputsafeguardsinplacesothatthesamesituationwouldnotoccuragainFederalDepositInsuranceCorporationSecuritiesandExchangeCommission2、TheNewDealdidnotpullthenationoutoftheGreatDepressionHowever,itdidsubstantiallyimprovethelivesofmillionsofpeopleforboththeshorttermandthelongterm.TheprogramsoftheNewDealwouldhelpstabilizethecountryandbringhopetomillions.Doyouremember?What‘sthephenomenonofthedepression?WhatdoesFranklinRooseveltdotodealwiththedepression?Doesitwork?IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureUSintheSecondWorldWarsAfterWorldWarIIBecamethestrongestpowerintheworldIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulture5.WorldWarIIIsolationismandNeutralityFirsttheywerecalledforthecommunists,andIdidn‘tspeakoutbecauseIwasn’tacommunist.Thentheywerecalledforthetradeunionists,andIdidn‘tspeakoutbecauseIwasn’tatradeunionist.ThentheywerecalledfortheJews,andIdidn‘tspeakoutbecauseIwasn’taJew.Thentheyarealoneandtherewasnoonelefttospeakoutforthem.ImmediateCauseofAmerica’sentranceintoWWII---theJapaneseraidontheUSNavalBaseatPearlHarborinHawaiionDecember7,1941Doyouremember?WhichsidedidAmericatakepartinatthebeginning?WhytheychangetheirmindandinvolvedinTheWorldWarTwo?IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTHANKYOU不只是英语！添加微信13994617120方便复习更多学习，更多探讨