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1、Powerpoint Templates,The history of America,Introduction,The Discovery of AmericaThe War of IndependenceThe American Civil War Westward ExpansionThe Great Depression,The Discovery of America,Columbus found new mainland In 1492, Columbus landed at one of the Caribbean islands and called the local peo
2、ple Indians.,Colonial Era,C The English and French settlers occupied many colonies.With the outbreak of war,brutal Negro Trade prevailed in the U.S,The map of the Unite States in that period,1607-1733,Boston Tea Party 波士顿倾茶事件ton Tea Party 波士顿倾茶事件 倾茶事件,Boston Tea Party Background In 1773, British gov
3、ernment passed a new law-the Tea Act. Slogan “No taxation without representation”Time December 16, 1773 Event A group of Americans threw 342 boxes of tea into Boston Harbour(波士顿港）.,The War of Independence,TimeOn October 19, 1781 Result The British soldiers were forced to surrender. Consequences Geor
4、ge Washington became the first President.The 4th of July became the national holiday of America- the Independence Day.,The colonial period of the United States1607-1733,The Declaration of Independence,On July 4, 1776 the Second Continental Congress officially declared independence and formed the Uni
5、ted States of America by adopting the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson（托马斯杰斐逊）of Virginia. (July 4 is celebrated as the nations birthday.),The declaration of independencet,All men are created equal and are endowed with unalienable rights to life,liberty,and the pursuit of hap
6、piness.Government are instituted for the purpose to protect these right.People have the right to abolish government,Influence,Opposed the feudal rank system and the absolute power of emperor. Jefferson summarized Lockers thought essence, and made it widely disseminated.Changed Americans general know
7、ledge into the declaration,and provided a theory basis for the war of independence,California Gold Rush加州淘金者,People traveled to California in the search for quick riches. The number of westwardmigrants multiplied.,Abraham Lincoln A,*March 1861 - took the office of the president.*April 12, 1861-the C
8、ivil War began.*September 22, 1862- issued the Emancipation Proclamationwhich granted freedom to about 4 million slaves.* Made a famous speech in Gettysburg.,The Civil War 1861-1865,on April 9, 1865The Civil War officially ended with the unconditional surrender of the South. It resolved two fundamen
9、tal issues: Slavery was completely abolished;America became a single and stronger nation.,The Civil War 1861-1865,Westward Expansion “Manifest Destiny” 西进运动,The hardship of early pioneer settlers Oregon Trail (俄勒冈小道) The trip on foot took four to six months.,The Spanish-American War,American establi
10、shed colonies in Spain for the important economic value.It means that American rised abruptly as a independent military force.,The Great Depression,In October 1929, the stock market crashed, marketing the beginning of the Great Depression. During this time, the United States experienced deflation, u
11、nemployment soared from 3% in 1929 to 25% in 1933, and manufacturing output collapsed by one-third.,Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal 罗斯福新政,Consolidating the financial and restore bank credit; Adjustment of the agricultural and industrial, Adopted the Agricultural Adjustment Act and national indus
12、trial rehabilitation lawWork for the Dole, increase job opportunities,The New Deal was over with the expansion of the European crisis.The federal government has the prime responsibility for the welfare of the people and must not be limited by narrow concepts of states rights.That bold experimentatio
13、n is the way to find solutions to new social problems.That active presidential leadership of Congress and the people is vital in a world of growing complexity.,Influence.,Cold War,American and Soviet Union confront each other in political,economy and military.,The Truman Doctrian and The Marshall Pl
14、an,The former propose the guiding ideology that regard “keep down the communism” as the external policy. The latter is a plan that American support the Western Europe.,American become the only superpower after the disintegration of the Soviet Union,The Appollo landed on the moon successfully in 1969
15、,Industrialization of America 1890-1914,Pattons time From 2001-,The United States 911 terrorist attacks 2001-9-11,The Iraq War 2003-2010,At the beginning of 2009, Barack Hussein Obama was elected the forty-forth president of the United States,Manhattan in NewYork,The aircraft carriers of America,Now evevrything is changed,THANK YOU ALL,
