USA History in Brief 美国历史（简介）英文.pdfVIP

USA History in Brief 美国历史简介 读历史学英文 PPT制作编辑： 小熊杰立米 20th centery Culture Change The Cold War The New Deal World War II World WarI, 1920 prosperity, the great depression Discontent reform Growth transformation Civil War and post-war reconstruction Conflicts within the United States Early Years, western expansion, regional differences Forms a National Government Revolution The Road to Independence Colonial Period Early America 1200years-- 1 USA History Early America 1200years-- 1 • 35,000years ago, ice age Early America 1200years-- 2 • A land bridge, 1500 kilometers wide • Joined Asia and North America Early America 1200years-- 1 • By 12000 years, humans lived throughout much of what is now the Americas • The first “Americans” cross the land bridge from Asia. Colonial Period • Different countries’ people come to the new world due to different reasons. • From British, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, Scotland, North Ireland, and so on. • By 1690, 250,000 people lived in the New World. • By 1790, 2.5million people. The Road to Independence • Britain’s 13 colonies grew in population and economic strength during 1700s • Ruled by a distant government • Colonists governed many local affairs • Colonists built their new society, believed more strongly in the ideas. • The ideas of liberalism democracy are the basis of the US political system.