- •3. Native Americans: their origin, their ancient and present history.
- •Colonial America
- •Early colonial attempts
- •New England
- •The Pilgrims
- •The Puritans
- •The Middle Colonies
- •7. Ties to the British Empire. The unification of the British colonies. The great Awakening. From unity to revolution
- •8. The American Revolution. The continental Congresses and the declaration of Independence.
- •9. The Constitutional Convention. The Constitution of the us.
- •10. The Revolution: Winners and losers. Federalists and Antifederalists.
- •11. The American Civil War.
- •12. U.S. Industrialization and immigration.
- •13. The rise of u.S. Imperialism
- •14. The progressives
- •15. The roaring 20s
- •16. The great depression.
- •17. President Franklin d. Roosevelt and his “New deal for the American people”
- •18. The u.S. Wartime economy. The Marshall Plan(epr)
- •20. The Vietnam War
- •21 Us political scandal of the 70’s 80’s and 90’s.
- •22. The Reagan revolution
- •23. The Reagan administration –
- •24. Clinton administration.
- •25. The George w. Bush administration.
- •Each house of Congress has the power to introduce legislation on any subject dealing with the powers of Congress, except for legislation dealing with gathering revenue.
- •29. Executive branch.
- •30. Presidential elections
- •31. Constitution of the United States, its structure and current role.
- •32.Politics of the United States
- •33. Political parties, political culture and strength
- •34. America’s Global Role. U.S. Superpower and Global Economic Influence.
- •35. U.S. Foreign policy. Foreign relations of us with other countries.
- •37. The us banking system
- •38. The us Population
- •Lexico-semantic differences They differ in affixes while lexical meaning remains the same:
Colonial America
the 16th century. The first attempts, notably the Colony of Roanoke, resulted in failure. four regions in the lands that later became the eastern United States: New England, the Middle Colonies, the Chesapeake Bay and the Southern Colonies. Also the frontiers.
Early colonial attempts
The Chesapeake Bay region. The first truly successful colony-the Virginia colony or James Town (on the James River). In 1607, in a region called Virginia (after Queen Eliz. I –“virgin Queen”). The venture was financed and coordinated by a joint stock company - the London Virginia Company. Searching for gold-jewelers, goldsmiths, aristocrats. They wanted individual wealth – colonies were unstable and unprofitable. Only a third of the colonists survived the first winter (the starving winter). Some turned to cannibalism. John Smith had saved the colony. John Rolfe married Pocahontas. Tobacco cultivation – cash crop. Social decentralization-few churches as religious and social centres, unmarried men, plantation were separated from each other by miles.
New England
demanded greater church reform and elimination of Catholic elements remaining in the Church of England. But whereas the Pilgrims sought to leave the Church of England, the Puritans wanted to reform it and to set a holy community.
The Pilgrims
At first they went to the Netherlands- dissatisfied with heavy Dutch influence and poor economic conditions. These men and women, sailed to America on the Mayflower, they drew up the Mayflower Compact, by which they gave themselves broad powers of self-governance. Most of the settlers died of starvation, including the leader, John Carver the first elected colonial governor. In 1621 the colonists enlisted the aid of Squanto and Samoset ( 2 amer.-ind. who learned to speak some English). They established good relationship with Indians-they helped them. They celebrated Thanksgiving Day and invited Indians.
The Puritans
Established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. reform the Anglican Church by creating a new, pure church in the New World. The "Great Migration” – 2000 people migrate. It is a common myth in modern American society that the Puritans came to America seeking religious freedom. They did not seek to establish toleration in America. The Puritan social ideal - "nation of saints". Puritan society was by no means a democracy. It was quite politically liberal. Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson didn’t agree with the strict rules of massach. ministers – they were forced to leave massach. with followers. Started a new colony of Rhode Island- became a haven for other religious refugees.
Socially they were tightly knit. Family, marriage and wellbeing of the community – the most important thing.
Economically, Puritan New England fulfilled the expectations of its founders. Individual farmers. Became an important mercantile and shipbuilding center.
The Middle Colonies
The Middle Colonies, consisting of the present-day states of New York (first name New Amsterdam), Pennsylvania, the three counties of Delaware, and Maryland were characterized by a large degree of diversity - religious, political, economic, and ethnic.
New Netherlands 1664 – became a part of New York colony (after Duke of York, brother of engl.king). He gave some land to his friends- new colony- New Jersey.
W. Penn-Pennsylvania 1682, he belong to small relig. group – friends or Quakers(Penns.- freedom for them). Penn signed many peace agreement with Indians. 1701 a part of Penns. became Delaware – new idea – build cabins made of logs.
Philadelphia the largest city in the colony. Trade b\n New England and west Indies prospered.
The South- The Carolinas and Virginia, Georgia + Maryland(after Queen Mary)-1634 1st Catholics settled in America. leader Lord Baltimore. Then came puritans. L.B. settled a law that allows people to worship as they pleased. South of Maryland-Virginia-south of Virginia-Carolina. Charleston ( King Charles II). 1712- North and South Carolina. The 13th colony – Georgia (King George II) - (founder James Oglethorpe – had studied prisons in England). First town – Savannah. By 1750 their were more slaves in the south.