英美概况美国部分整理.docx

AmericaThe Founding of Colonies殖民地的建立First Inhabitants：American IndiansDiscovery of the New World：1492 Christopher Columbus → the discoverer of America(Italian)Spanish Queen’ s support1501-2 Amerigo Vespucci → the new land was name after him as America.reached the mouth of Amazon RiverAmerica—the New WorldEurope—the Old World13 colonies：New England Colonies: Mid Atlantic Colonies: Southern Colonies:Massachusetts → （2nd colony，1620） New York MarylandNew Hampshire Pennsylvania Virginia → （1st colony，1607）Rhode Island Delaware North CarolinaConnecticut South Carolina Georgia → （the last colony，1733）New England Region（6个）: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont建立原因：Virginia, 1607Virginia CompanyFor foreign expansion as a way of easing religious dispute and economic distress in England105 men (no women)Jamestown in honor of the kingMassachusetts In 1620102 Puritans (“Pilgrim Fathers”), in Mayflower, from Plymouth in England to AmericaFirst in Plymouth (today’s Massachusetts); and then BostonSeek religious freedomMayflower Compact 五月花号公约：self-governmentHardships when arrivedthe help of the IndiansThanksgiving Day to thank the Indians and the God for protectionThe next three coloniesRhode Island, Connecticut, New HampshireReasons: 1. religious disputes and struggles in Massachusetts intensified2. more immigrantsMaine and VermontReason: Proximity (邻近)Non-English ColoniesNew York, New Jersey were first colonized by the Dutch.Delaware was founded by the Swedish.Pennsylvania: Quakers /the Society of Friends (another group of English Protestant)William Penn, the founderGranted coloniesMaryland granted by Charles I to his friend Lord Baltimore as a refuge for English Catholics.South Caro