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•PopulationDensity
•ComparedtoChina
•ThemostdenselypopulatedareaintheUShas400peoplepersquaremile.
•InChina,themostdenselypopulatedareahas2000peoplepersquaremile.
•USpopulationinJuly2008:
304,059,724
•Mostpopulousstates:
–California36,132,147
–Texas22,859,968
–NewYork19,254,630
–Florida17,789,864
–Illinois伊利诺斯12,763,371
•Mostpopulouscities:
–NewYorkCity,NY8.1m
–LosAngeles,CA3.8m
–Chicago,IL2.9m
–Houston,TX2.0m
–Philadelphia,PA1.5m
SomeFamousU.S.cities
1.WashingtonD.C.
-capitalofUSbetweenMarylandandVirginia
-headquartersofCongress,SupremeCourt,andPresidency
-Whitehouse,LincolnMemorial,manymuseums,etc.
2.NewYorkCity,NewYork
-largestCityandchiefportofUS
-wasUScapitaluntil1790
-called“BigApple”
-statueofLiberty
"
Givemeyourtired,yourpoor
Yourhuddledmassesyearningtobreathefree"
-WallStreet(stockmarket)
-Broadway(plays,musicals,etc.)
3.Chicago,Illinois
-3rdlargestpopulationofanyUScity(behindNewYork
andLosAngeles)
4.LosAngeles,California
-SecondlargestpopulationofanyUScity
-Hollywood,centeroffilmindustry
5.SanFrancisco,California
-largestChinesesettlementintheUnitedStates
-over300,000Chinesepeoplelivethere,mostin“Chinatown”
MainGeographicRegions
NEWEnglandregion:
MaineNewHampshireVermontMassachusetts
RhodeIslandConnecticut
MIDDLEAtlanticregion:
NewYorkNewJerseyPennsylvania
DelawareMarylandWashington,D.C
SOUTHEASTregion:
WestVirginiaVirginiaKentuckyTennesseeNorthCarolinaSouthCarolinaGeorgiaFloridaAlabamaMississippiLouisianaArkansas
MIDWESTandGreatPlainsregion:
OhioMichiganIndianaIllinois
WisconsinMinnesotaIowaMissouri
NorthDakotaSouthDakotaNebraskaKansas
SOUTHWESTregion:
OklahomaTexasNewMexicoArizona
MOUNTAINWestregion:
MontanaWyomingColoradoUtahNevadaIdaho
PACIFICWestregion:
WashingtonOregonCaliforniaAlaskaHawaii
AmericanHistory
•AnoteaboutNativeAmericans
NativeAmericansarrivedinNorthAmericaabout12,000yearsago.
ThesepeopleareconsideredthetruefirstAmericans.
•TheNewWorld
Aroundtheyear1000ADIcelandicVikingswerethefirsttosailtoNorthAmericafromEurope…buttheydidnotstay.
In1492……ColumbussailedtheOceanBlue.
HesailedontheNina,thePintaandtheSantaMariaandwhenhearrivedintheBahamashethoughthehadreachedAsia.
HefoundsomegoldintheCaribbeanandEuropewashookedwithexploring,“TheNewWorld”becausehealsowantedtofindnewroutetoIndiaandChina.
DiscoveryoftheNewWorldwashappeningduringtheRenaissanceofEurope.
•EnglishSettlements
ThefirstsuccessfulEnglishcolonywasJamestown,Virginiain1607.
InNewEngland,thereweremanysettlementsbyEnglishPuritans.TheycametoAmericatoescapereligiouspersecution.
OnegroupofPuritanswascalledthePilgrims.TheysettledinPlymouth,Massachusettsin1620.ThestoryofthePilgrimsiswherewegetThanksgivingfrom.
ThefirstThanksgivingin1621
•BritishColonies
TheBritishColoniesdevelopedastheEuropeanscameinlargerandlargernumbers.
Differentcolonieswereestablishedfordifferentgroups(forexample:
RhodeIslandguaranteedseparationofchurchandstate,MarylandwasestablishedforCatholics,andPennsylvaniaforQuakers.
MoreandmoreEuropeanssoonbeganimmigratingtothe“NewWorld”.
13Colonies
By1733Englandruled13coloniesalongtheAtlanticCoast.
•ColonialLife
By1763therewere1.5millionpeopleinthecolonies
Colonistsledasimplelife
–Logcabins
–Littlefurniture
–Cookedoverfires
–Familiesverylarge
•Girlsmarriedyoung
Firstschoolsstartedduringthisperiod
–Earlycollegestrainedministers
–1636Harvard
–1701Yale
•TheAmericanWarofIndependence
SharpeningtensionbetweenBritainandtheColonies
Before1763
ColoniesneededEngland:
GoodsProtection
•Colonistseventuallybecamewealthyandweremoreindependent
1763KingGeorgeIIIofEnglandmade3importantdecisionsregardingthecolonies:
•Raisingimporttaxesandtaxingmoregoods
(Also,Britaintriedtocontrolalltradeinthecolonies)
•Closingfrontiertofurthersettlement
•Placinganarmyof10,000inU.S.for“protection”(hesaidprotectionbutdidn’treallymeanprotection).
•HouseofHanover
GeorgeIbecamethefirstKingfromtheHanoverfamily
–ReplacedtheStuartfamily
–ConnectedBritaintoGermany
–ParliamentsupportedtheKingwithaforeign