-英美文化-课件-第6单元-a-great-nation(S).ppt

* Schedule for US Section 5 Since Mayflower Section 6 A Great Nation Section 7 Tinseltown Great US Presidents Independence War Civil War Mount Rushmore (in South Dakota ) ? the Father of the USA ? the 1st US President George Washington INDEPENDENCE We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson ? the 3rd US President Declaration of INDEPENDENCE 2. American Revolution Boston Tea Party the French and Indian War (1756-1763) French vs. Britain Britain vs. Colonial Americans tax (e.g. tea, sugar, paper, etc.) Conflict “No taxation without representation” 1773, Americans, tossed 342 crates of tea into Boston harbor Boston Tea Party War of Independence The First shot On April 19, 1775Lexington700 vs.70 American War of Independence 1st Continental Congress Sep. 1774 Philadelphia To boycott British trade and disobey Britain 2nd Continental Congress May, 1775 Philadelphia 1. The 2nd Continental Congress assumed the functions of a national government 2. Continental Army and Navy under the command of George Washington 3. Declaration of Independence (June,11, 1776) Committee: Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin John Adams Roger Sherman Robert Livingston July 4, 1776Independence Day Thomas Paine Turning Point A Franco-American alliance (the Treaty of Alliance with France) (1778) The Treaty of Paris (1783) Recognize the independence of the United States The End Statue of Liberty A gift from _____ For what? France Independence Freedom Yankee Doodle ? began as ridicule ? the colonials took the song for their own Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd Abraham Lincoln CIVIL WAR Unit 11 American History 3. New Nation Civil War (1861-1865) The Union vs. The Confederacy Causes? ·Tax/Tariff ·Slavery Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co