(精选)美国历史文化概况(英文版)UNIT 1 Colonization and Independence课件.pptVIP

Unit 1 Colonization and Independence CONTENTS Teaching Aims Text A Text B Supplementing Reading TEACHING AIMS After studying this unit, you are required to: 1. Have a general idea of Colonization and Independence . 2. Understand the history of Colonization and Independence . 3. Master the difficult words and expressions. Text A British *Colonization (1607-1776) TEXT A Reading Comprehension 4. The early settlers of New England made use of the deep-water harbors to develop farming, fishing, trade and the ship-building industry. ( ) 5. There is abundant arable land in the Southern Colonies which caused the appearance of plantations. ( ) TEXT A Notes 1. Puritans: The Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms. They contended that the Church of England had become a product of political struggles and man-made doctrines. The Puritans believed that the Bible was Gods true law, and that it provided a plan for living. The established church of the day described access to God as monastic and possible only within the confines of church authority. Puritans stripped away the traditional trappings and formalities of Christianity which had been slowly building throughout the previous 1500 years. Theirs was an attempt to purify the church and their own lives. TEXT A Notes 2. Pilgrim Fathers: Pilgrim Fathers is a name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Their leadership came from a religious congregation of Puritans who had fled a volatile political environment in the England for the relative calm and tolerance of Holland in the Netherlands. Concerned with losing their cultural identity, the group later arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North America. TEXT A N