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1、1.WhatdoyouknowabouttheRomaninvasionofBritain?——In55BCand54BC,JuliusCaesar,aRomangeneral,invadedBritaintwice.InAD43,theEmperorClaudiusinvadedBritainsuccessfully.Fornearly400yearsBritainwasundertheRomanoccupation,thoughitwasneveratotaloccupation.Britishrecordedhistorybegin
2、swiththeRomaninvasion.2.WhatwerethecontentsandthesignificanceoftheGreatCharter?——TheGreatCharter,ortheMagnaCarta,wasdocumentsignedin1215betweenthebaronsandKingJohn.Ithadaltogether63clauses,ofwhichthemostimportantcontentswerethese:(1)notaxshouldbemadewithouttheapprovalofth
3、eGrandCouncil;(2)nofreemanshouldbearrested,imprisoned,ordeprivedofhispropertyexceptbythelawoftheland;(3)thechurchshouldpossessallitsrightsandprivileges;(4)Londonandothertownsshouldretaintheirancientrightsandprivileges;(5)thereshouldbethesameweightsandmeasuresthroughoutthe
4、country.TheGreatCharterwasastatementofthefeudalandlegalrelationshipbetweentheCrownandthebarons,aguaranteeofthefreedomoftheChurchandalimitationofthepowersoftheking.ThespiritoftheGreatCharterwasthelimitationofthepowersoftheking,butithaslongbeenregardedasthefoundationofEngli
5、shliberties.3.WhydidtheearlysettlerscometoAmerica?WhowerethePilgrims?WhowerethePuritans?WhatwerethefeaturesinthecolonialperiodwhichhadinfluenceonlaterAmericandevelopment?——TheearlysettlerscametoAmericaeitherfortheopportunitytorealizetheirdreamsandbettertheirlivesorforthef
6、reedomfromreligiousandgovernmentalpersecution.ThePilgrimswerepersonswhosufferedreligiouspersecutioninEnglandandwenttoHollandandlatermovedtoAmericain1620.ThePuritanswerethemembersofaProtestantgroupinEnglandwhowantedtopurifytheChurchofEngland.DissatisfiedandthreatenedinEngl
7、and,theysawAmericaasarefugeandmigratedtoAmericasince1630.TherewereanumberoffeaturesinthecolonialperiodwhichhadinfluenceonlaterAmericandevelopment.Theywere:representativeformofgovernment,ruleoflaw,respectofindividualrights,religioustoleranceandastrongspiritofindividualente
8、rprise.4.WhatwerethecausesoftheWarofIndependence?——Theeconomyinthethirteencoloniesdevelopedveryf
