英美国家概况（美国部分）Unit 11 History.pptVIP

University of International Business and Economics Press The United States of America Unit 11 History The United States of America Think about these questions before we start: 1. What do the native people of the United States prefer to be called? 2. How did the European settlement exert impact on the native people in North America? 3. By the eighteenth century, why did the United States have the history’s greatest mass migration? Warming-up Activities Contents The Early History The Modern Times The Origin of American History Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ 1. The First Americans Many questions remain unanswered in regard to the first Americans. About all that is known for certain is that they came from elsewhere and are primarily of Asiatic (Mongoloid) physical stock. Ⅰ The Origin of American History 2. Europeans Arrive The first known European to reach the shores of the United States may have been Giovanni Caboto (known in English as John Cabot). Although this is questioned by many, some scholars believe that he reached the coast of Maine in 1497. Ⅰ The Origin of American History 3. European Roots in American Soil North Europeans first settled along the mid-Atlantic and New England coasts. There, they harvested timber (which was very scarce in Europe), fished, and cleared land on which to settle and farm. Ⅰ The Origin of American History 4. Colonial Lands and Politics The English settlers who made the first permanent habitation in this zone were, of course, the Puritans. Ⅰ The Origin of American History Ⅱ The Early History The Independence The American Civil War The Expansion 1 2 3 1. The Independence The Struggle for the Constitution, 1763–1877 The Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention,[1] the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, w