2017年高中英语 Unit 2 People on the move SectionⅠ学案 牛津译林版选修10.docVIP

Unit 2　People on the move 句型 非谓语动词作定语 语法 The elements of a paragraph 写作 Writing a letter to convince your friend 考点 make sense Westward Movement in America Westward movement in America carried settlers across America，from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.The westward movement began in the early 1600s with European settlements along the Atlantic Coast of North America.It continued until the late 1800s.By that time，the western frontiers of the United States had been conquered. An abundance of land and other natural resources attracted Americas pioneers westward.Fur traders，cattle ranchers，farmers，and miners led the push to the west.Merchants and other business people followed.These hard-working men and women faced great dangers，endured severe hardships，and suffered loneliness and boredom in the hope of making a better life for themselves and their children.Some of them looked to the west for wealth or adventure.Others sought to improve their social position or increase their political power. The pioneers struggled westward across hills，mountains，and prairies on foot and on horseback.Some floated through the Erie Canal on barges or traveled down rivers on flatboats and steamboats.Others crossed the rugged wilderness in covered wagons.For many pioneers，the Cumberland Gap，the Oregon Trail，and other roads west became paths to opportunity. The American frontier shifted westward in stages.The first American frontier ran along the Atlantic Coast.Settlers began to cross the Appalachian Mountains after territory west of the mountains came under British control in 1763.During the early 1800s，the next push westward took settlers into the Great Lakes region，the Mississippi River Valley，and the plains along the Gulf of Mexico.By the mid-1840s，adventurous pioneers had reached what are now California and Oregon in the Far West.The last frontier was the Great Plains between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains.The settlement of that region began in the 1860s. In 189