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1、vTheUnitedStatesofAmericaHistoryvIndians:The“firstAmericans”vTheDiscoveryoftheNewWorldvChristopherColumbus(31October1451–20May1506)anavigator,colonizer,andexplorerHeinitiatedtheprocessofSpanishcolonizationwhichforeshadowedgeneralEuropeancolonizationofthe"NewWorld".vPilgrimFathersvRelations
2、ofAmericanIndianswithEuropeansettlersvTheAmericanWarofIndependenceWhatwerethecausesoftheWarofIndependence?Britain’scolonialpolicy§Theeconomyinthe13coloniesdevelopedveryfast§TheBritishgovernmentwastobringthedevelopmentundercontrolandtocollectmoretaxesfromthecolonies.§“Notaxationwithoutrepre
3、sentation”§(无代表，不纳税）vHowwastheWarofIndependencestarted?§The“BostonTeaParty”•In1773,whenshipsofteareachedBostontobedistributed,severaldozenBostonresidentsboardedtheshipatnightandthrew$75,000worthofteaintotheharbor.Thiscametobeknownasthe“BostonTeaParty”.§Thestartofthewar•In1775,about1,000Bri
4、tishsoldiersweresentfromBostontoseizethemilitarysuppliesoftheAmericanmilitia.WhentheyarrivedatLexingtontheyweremetbythearmedmilitiamen.SuddenlyashotwasfiredandtheWarofIndependencebegan.vBostonTeaPartyvTheFirstContinentalCongress—September,1774vTheSecondContinentalCongressHeldinPhiladelphia
5、inMay1775AssumethefunctionsofanationalgovernmentvDeclarationofIndependenceOnJuly4,1776,theDeclarationofIndependencewassigned.OnJuly4,1776,theCongressformallydeclaredtheindependence•TheDeclarationstates:“Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident:Thatallmenarecreatedequal;thattheyareendowedbytheirCr
6、eatorwithcertainunalienablerights;thatamongthesearelife,liberty,andthepursuitofhappiness;thattosecuretheserights,governmentsareinstitutedamongmen,derivingtheirjustpowersfromtheconsentofthegoverned;thatwheneveranyformofgovernmentbecomesdestructiveoftheseends,itistherightofthepeopletoalteror
7、to7/7abolishit,…”Afterbeingprinted,thecopiesweresentout,broadcastandreadtocrowdseverywhere.§Thedocumentgreatlyencouragedthestrugglingpeople,makingthemthinkthattheyshouldbeindependentandhavetherighttoenjoyliberty.§Theywerebeginningtoshowmoreinterestsinacommonca
