history of usa.pptx

United States of AmericaHistoryThe origin and the colonial period(1607-1733)The War of Independence(1776-1783)The Civil War(1861-1865)The late 19 the century(1890-1914)The United States in the 20th CenturyThe United States in the new millenniumThe origin and the colonial periodChristopher?Columbus克里斯托弗·哥伦布 In 1492.Christopher?Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on one of Bhaman Islands in caribbean sae.The tribal people wrere later what we call Indians because he mistakenly thought he had arrived in the country where the people of India lived.Exploration, colonization and conquest began. Mayflower and Mayflower Compact -1620English Puritans came to America in the Mayflower to escape religious persecution.It be described as “the only instance in human history of that positive, original, social compact” and it is popularly believed to have influenced the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.（American tradition values)George Washington 乔治?华盛顿When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years.当1775年5月第二次大陆会议在费城召开时，作为弗吉尼亚州的代表之一，华盛顿被选为大陆军的总司令。1775年7月3日，在马萨诸塞州的剑桥，他带领一支缺乏训练的军队开始了长达六年的艰苦战斗。On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. He died in 1799 and was hailed as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.The War of Independence1773 Boston Harbour Party1774 First Contnental Congress1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord1776 Second Continental Congress adopted a Declaration of IndependenceAmerican Revolutionary War，1775—1783.In September 3, 1783, the two sides signed a peace treaty in Paris, the United Kingdom was forced to