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Americanculture

•AmericanNationalAnthem（颂歌）:

TheStarSpangledBanner

•By:

FrancisScottKey

•1814

•BasicGeography

•TheLand

•ThetotalsurfaceareaoftheUSis

9323957squarekilometers

•40%oflandinAmericaisarable（farmable）

•30%oftheUSAismountainsordesert;therestishabitable（可居住地）

•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