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Chapter 15 The Canadian Mosaic1. Why is called mosaic? What’s the difference from melting pot?  2. The First Canadians 1) the First nations 2) the Inuit 3) the Metis   3. Immigration policy hard-headed, not humanitarian  4. Quebec          3     3. Race 1) 5% non-European ethnic groups 2) consequences a. positive bring different cultures  b. negative the attitude of some of the white 3) present situation a. economically worse-off b. under-represented                  * * 英语国家概况(2)《英语国家社会与文化入门》朱永涛 主编 高等教育出版社 Part I. The United States of America Chapter 1—Chapter 12 Chapter 1 American Beginnings1. What is the American? 1) Crevecoeur, a French farmer Letters from an American Farmer 2) a new man with mixed blood of Europeans or their descendants   2. American Indians 1) mistakenly called by Columbus 2) having their aboriginal cultures a. the Aztecs b. the Incas c. the Mayas  3. “Discovery” of America Christopher Columbus a. an Italian sailor b. 1492, he landed on one of the Bahama Islands in the Caribbean Sea and mistakenly called it “America” 4. New and powerful social forces in the 16th century that awakened the Europe and led to the discovery of America  1) development of capitalism 2) the renaissance 3) the Religious Reformation  5. The first English settlement in North America 1607, in Virginia 6. The Declaration of Independence 1) drafted mainly by Thomas Jefferson 2) adopted by the Congress on July 4, 1776  3) main content a. all men are equal and  b. have unalienable rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness) c. the philosophy of government