lesso 2-Colonial America课件.ppt

Prehistoric America;;American Indians in North America;;Forces leading to the discovery of America?; It drew English merchants who dreamed of establishing great new estates out of the wildness. It drew carpenters, bakers, tailors and other skilled workmen who could not find job in England. It drew the poor and the homeless from farmlands and villages. It drew many English in search of religious freedom. ;2. Religious Reformation ;Christopher Columbus;Amerigo Vespucci;IMPACT OF COLUMBUS;;;;;;;Time: From 1913 to 1938 Designer: Fraser Model: An aging buffalo from New York City’s Central Park Zoo History: It honored a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of the American frontier — the of the buffalo herds and American Indians .;Lesson II America in the Colonial Era;The Colonial Era covered the year from 1607 to 1776, that is, from the first settlement of English colonists to the independence of America..;After the discovery of the New World, the European powers sent many explorers to the new continents and they began to compete against each other in occupying the New World. ; Spain claimed the southern part of North America, and the whole of South America except Brazil.;;English Exploration;The first successful English colony in the Americas was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Virginia was known as mother state. ;The settlement of Virginia the first English permanent settlement in North America;;;In 1620, a group of Puritans took the ship Mayflower and left Holland for North America.;Before landing, the colonists signed the Mayflower Compact.;The Mayflower Compact granted political rights to any men willing to remain and abide by the laws.;The Puritans;;John Calvin;Calvin’s Theology（加尔文的神学思想）;Calvin’s Theology;;;;In 1621, they gathered in a large crop and the settlers fixed a date to celebrate their harvest in order to express their thanks to God. This is the beginning of the holiday called Thanks