- •A new world
- •Explorers from Europe
- •Virginian Beginnings
- •Colonial Life in America
- •The Roots of Revolution
- •Fighting for Independence
- •A new nation
- •Years of Growth
- •West to the Pacific
- •North and South
- •The Civil War
- •Reconstruction
- •Years of growth
- •Farming the Great Plains
- •The Amerindians’ Last Stand
- •Inventors and Industries
- •The Golden Door
- •Reformers and Progressives
- •An American Empire
- •Twentieth century americans
- •The Roaring Twenties
- •Crash and Depression
- •Roosevelt’s New Deal
- •The Arsenal of Democracy
- •Prosperity and Problems
- •Black Americans
- •Superpower
- •A Balance of Terror
- •The Vietnam Years
- •America’s Back Yard
- •An End to Cold War?
- •The American Century
- •The land and its features
- •Mountains and Valleys of the Pacific Region
- •Mountains, Plateaus, and Basins of the Interior West
- •Interior Lowlands
- •Appalachian Mountains
- •Piedmont and Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains
- •Climates and ecosystems
- •The Humid East
- •The Dry Interior West
- •The Pacific Region
- •Water features
- •Groundwater
- •Environmental hazards
- •The Horse in Motion – 1878
- •The Birth of a Nation – 1915
- •Soviet Montage – 1920s
- •The Jazz Singer – 1927
- •Was Mickey Mouse originally a Mouse?
- •How did Mickey Mouse get his name?
- •The most important movies in the evolution of American Cinema
- •Culture Specifics in American Movies
- •Influences of American Movies on the Rest of the World
- •The faces of poverty in the us
- •Introduction:
- •1. What is poverty?
- •2. Life in trailers, motels and cars
- •3. Hunger in america
- •Virginian Beginnings
- •Virginia a poor man could hope for a farm of his own
- •Independence.
- •Independence .
- •Important part in the war.
- •1783, Britain officially recognized her former
- •It. But others say that his policies of giving voters
- •1805 Four countries claimed to own Oregon — Russia,
- •In November 1806, Pike and his men reached the
A new world
The First Americans
1492 – Italian adventurer Christopher Columbus in the intention to discover new trade route to Asia landed in America, island San Salvador (West Indies)
Columbus named native people Indians – they lived in tribes, spoke 300 languages, came to America 50 000 years ago from Asia through the Bering Strait and 12 000 years they crossed the isthmus of Panama and came to South America
Indian tribes:
Pueblo
in present areas of Arizona and New Mexico
lived in big terraced houses made of adobe, in towns or villages
made clothing and blankets from cotton, wore leather shoes
farmers – grew maize and beans; irrigation on high level Apache
neighbors of Pueblo, never settled, fierce and warlike
hunted deer and gathered wild plants, also stole food Iroquois
in the woods of northeastern North America
farmers, hunters and fishermen (birch bark canoes)
lived in villages, in wooden huts with barrel-shaped roofs
fierce warriors, fought also one another to win honor, bravery won respect and high position in the tribe
Dakota (=allies)/Sioux (=enemies)
in the area from Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
depended upon hunting the buffalo – food, clothing, houses
tepees – conical buffalo-skin tents, outside of it was decorated
leather bags – “parfleches” Haida
in the northwest coast of North America
fished salmon, gathered plants – enough food – time for carving and building
wooden houses, totems (decorated tree trunks – record of the family history)
Explorers from Europe
1000 - first European in America was a Viking sailor Leif Ericson
in 1492 the European occupation of America began
by the 17th century people were ready to settle in America – wanted to become rich or find safety from political or religious persecution
Spain:
Christopher Columbus
Hernán Cortés - attacked the Aztecs (in today’s Mexico, wealthy)
Francisco Pizarro – attacked Incas of Peru
Hernando de Soto, Francisco Coronado – explored the southern part, area of U.S.
Ponce de León – claimed Florida for Spain, St. Augustine – first permanent settlement England
John Cabot – reached Newfoundland France
Giovanni Verazzano - aim to find lands rich in gold and a new route to Asia like Cabot and Columbus
Jacques Cartier – discovered St. Lawrence River, claimed area of Canada for France
Virginian Beginnings
1607 – English settlers founded their first settlement Jamestown
settlers from the Virginia Company (joint stock London company) who were supposed to found gold, silver, pearls and precious stones
in the early years because of illnesses and starvation and wars with Amerindians only one third of them survived
Captain John Smith organized the settlers, the story about Pocahontas who helped him
new settlers continued to arrive, either prisoners, homeless or willingly who tried to escape the bad conditions in England and gain a piece of land
when sir Walter Raleigh brought first tobacco leaves to England, its popularity started to grow and became a new source of money – plantations with “indentured” white servants from England and later black servants from Africa
1619 the Virginia Company created the House of Burgesses where elected representatives advised the governor on the laws (roots of democracy in America
Puritan New England
in the 16th - 17th century the Europe was torn by religious quarrels – leaders like Martin Luther or John Calvin doubted the teaching of traditional Roman Catholic Church, its wealth and worldly pride
people were usually expected to have the same religion as the ruler
after the English King Henry VIII. formed a national church, some people disliked its ceremonies, rich decorations and the teaching – Puritans (they wanted to make it more pure)
to escape the persecution of James I. in England, the Puritans went to Holland and a small group of them, the Pilgrims went to America
all men on board of the ship Mayflower signed the Mayflower Compact – they set up a government (civil body politic) to make just and equal laws
1620 - the Pilgrims reached Cape Cod, they founded a settlement called Plymouth
more settlers were coming to escape the rule of Charles I. – they settled in Boston area
Boston combined with the Plymouth colony – Massachusetts
idea to build an ideal colony – the laws force people to obey God’s will
1535 - minister Roger Williams wanted to separate the church and the government, so he left Massachusetts to the south and set up Rhode Island
1681 – Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn – he belonged to a religious group, the Society of Friends/Quakers from England, Ireland and Germany (Dutch) – in Pennsylvania they found religious freedom
1626 - New York was settled as New Amsterdam (English captured it later from the Dutch)
1670 – North Carolina, South Carolina were found, the last was Georgia
Dutch settlers bought Manhattan Island from the Shinecock for 24 dollars (different belief – right to share the land)