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1、EarlyAmericanImmigrationCulturesⅠ.BackgroundInformationofAmericanImmigrationCulturesⅡ.TheSpiritsandValuesofAmericanImmigrationCulturesⅢ.ReligioninAmericaIntroductionA.ABriefIntroductionofEarlyAmericanImmigrationB.ABriefIntroductionofEarlyAmericanImmigrationCult
2、uresⅠ.BackgroundInformationofAmericanImmigrationCulturesA.ABriefIntroductionofEarlyAmericanImmigrationThe“firstAmericans”weretheAmericanIndians;nooneknowsexactlyhoworwhentheygottotheplacewhichisnowcalledtheUnitedStates.Inthelate15thcentury,ChristopherColumbus,a
3、nItaliannavigator,thoughthecouldreachtheFarEastbysailingwest.SupportedbytheSpanishqueen,heledhismentosailacrossthevastoceanwiththreeshipsin1492.OnthemorningofOct.12,1492,ChristopherColumbusstoppedashoreonanislandinwhathassincebecomeknownastheAmericas.Thearrival
4、ofhisshipsopenedupanewworldforEuropeansandinitiatedthespreadofWesterncivilizationtoanewworld.TheperiodofexplorationanddiscoverythatbeganwithColumbusin1492soonbecameaninternationalracetoplantcoloniesaroundtheworld.The17thcenturywitnessedthearrivalofGermans,Irish
5、,Poles,Scots,Jews,Dutch,French,Finns,ItaliansSwedes,Danes,andothernationalities.SlaveshipsalsobroughtblacksfromthewestcoastofAfricatoAmerica.B.ABriefIntroductionofEarlyAmericanImmigrationCulturesTheseimmigrantsbroughtwiththemtheirnativecultural,political,andsoc
6、ialpatternsandattitudes,variedacademicandreligiousbackgrounds,aswellastheirethnicarts,sports,holidays,festivals,andfoods,immigrantsfromallpartoftheworldhavegreatlyenrichedAmericanlife.TheUnitedStatesisa“meltingpot”.Largenumberofimmigrants,notonlyfromEngland,but
7、alsofromGermany,undernewcircumstances.Switzerland,Franceandmanyothercountries,pouredin.theyalladoptedtheEnglishlanguagebuttheirownculturedidnotdisappearcompletely.TheseimmigrantsjoinedtogetherandcreatedAmericanculturewhichwasablendingofEuropeanculturesundernewc
8、ircumstances.EmphasisonFreedom,IndependenceandCooperationE.MaterialismandMoneysupremacyD.PragmatismB.Pioneering,InnovativeandAdventurousspiritC.EqualityandCompetitionⅡ.TheSp
