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1、TheUnitedStatesofAmericaChapter1AmericanBeginningFocalPointsMeaningofthebeinganAmericanaccordingtoCrevecoeurTwoimmigrationmovementstotheAmericasThereligiousReformationTheforcesthatbroughtaboutthemoderndevelopmentofEuropeTheheritageofthesettlementofVirginianPuritanismandth
2、einfluenceofPuritanismonAmericancultureWilliamPennandhisheritageinAmericancultureTheCausesandmajorleaderoftheAmericanrevolutionI.MeaningofthebeinganAmericanaccordingtoCrevecoeurInhisbook,LettersfromanAmericanFarmer,theFrenchtheologyGrevecoeur,posedtheAmericanwasanewmanwit
3、hthestrangemixedbloodofEuropeansortheirdescendants.ThismewmanleftbehindhimalltheancientEuropeantraditionsandreceivednewonesinthenewworld.InNorthAmerica,allindividualsofallnations,weremeltedintoanewraceoftheAmerican.Thisnewmanacteduponnewprinciples,entertainednewideasandfo
4、rmednewopinions.II.TwoimmigrationmovementstotheAmericasTheAmericancontinentswerepeopledasresultoftwolongcontinuingimmigrationmovements,thefirstfromAsia,andthesecondfromEuropeandAfrica.III.TheforcesthatbroughtaboutthemoderndevelopmentofEurope1.thedevelopmentofcapitalism(ec
5、onomicsysteminwhichacountry’stradeandindustryarecontrolledbyprivateownersforprofit,ratherthanbythestate),thegrowthofcapitalismproducedtwonewclasses–thebourgeoisclassandtheworkingclass;2.theRenaisance(theperiodoftherevivalofartandliteratureinthe14th,15thand16thcenturiesbas
6、edonclassicalform),whichwasmarkedbyachangingoutlookonlife.3.theinfluentialforcewastheReligiousReformationin1517,MartinLuther,startedtoreformtheCatholicChurchinEngland,KingHenryVIIIbrokeawayfromtheRomanCatholicChurchandsetuptheChurchofEngland,Thesereformsreflectedtheriseof
7、nationalisminEurope.IV.TheheritageofthesettlementofVirginianin1619,thedelegateselectedfromvariouscommunitiesinVirginiaastheHouseofBurgessesmetwiththegovernorandhiscouncilmemberstodiscusstheenactmentoflawforthecolony.Thisthefirstmeetingofanelectedlegislature,areprehensivea
8、ssembly.ItwasthoughttobetheearlyembryonicformforthefuturedemocracyoftheU.S.AndaDutchshipbroughto
