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1、AnAnalysisofAmericanWestwardMovement学号:1114140583姓名:王丽班级:2011级翻译2班AbstractAmericanWestwardMovement,alsoknownastheTrailofTears.Infact,referstothebeginningofthecolonialperiodinNorthAmericawestwardmigrationactivitiesandthedevelopmentofthewesternregion.Anditisalarge-scaleadvancementofAmericaneconomyexp
2、loitationandaterritorialexpansion.WestwardMovementhaspositiveinfluencesonAmericaneconomy,itsnationalcharacteristicandtheformationofitsvalues.Keywords:WestwardMovement;economy;nationalcharacteristics;valueIntroduceWestwardMovementisamovementofAmericansettledfromtheregionsoftheUnitedStatestolandsfart
3、herwestandcausesaseriesofthesocialactivityandsocialchanges.IthasdevelopedwesternUnitedStatestoday,theeradicationofmuchIndiancivilization.ThewestwardmovementdevelopedtheprocessesoftheAmericanwestandtheurbanization,industrializationandthenationalintegrationofUnitedStates.BackgroundofWestwardMovementT
4、he1763,theBritishcolonialgovernmentinordertocontrolthepeople,theyprohibitimmigrantscrosstheAppalachianMountains.AfterRevolutionaryWar,in1783,BritainandAmericanforapeacefulsolution,BritishputtheAppalachianMountainstothewestoftheMississippiRiver,largeIndian-ownedland,andopentotheUnitedStates.Presiden
5、tAndrewJacksoninMay1830,passedthe“IndianMigrationLaw”,theIndiansmovedtowestoftheMississippiRiver.SlavesfromtheSouthcouldhavefreedominthenewwesternterritorieswheretheysettledinallblackcommunitiesfreefromwhiteprejudice.Andthewesthascheapfertilelandsandrichgold,somanypeoplemovetothewesttoseekabetterli
6、fe.TheprocessofWestwardMovementTheUnitedStatesthroughthepurchaseandthewarmergersFrance,Spain,theUnitedKingdomcoloniesandlargetractsoflandinMexico.U.S.territorycontinuestoexpand,attractafloodofforeignimmigrants,andimmigrationmaketheUnitedStatesonalarge-scaleagriculturalproduction,withgreatpowerandsc
7、aletodevelopitsrichresources,aswellasquicklydestroyedthemonopolyofBritishindustry.ButAmerica'swestwardmovementisnotsmoothsailing,butalsoencounteredmanydifficultiesandobstacles.Indianswerethefirsttribeliving