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US Country Studies
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General FactsA federal constitutional republic
50 states (cover 6 time zones)
9.83 million km²307 million peoplewhite 79.96%, black 12.85%,
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Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%
3rd largest country both by land area and population
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The First AmericansBetween 34,000 and 30,000 B.C
Little of the evidence found can be reliably dated before 12,000 B.C
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Artifacts indicate that life was probably already well established in much of the Western Hemisphere by some time prior to 10,000 B.C.
species of large game vanished - plants, berries and seeds
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first attempts at primitive agriculture appeared
Central Mexico 8,000 B.C. – corn, squash, beans
By 300 B.C. signs of early village life
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First mounds 600 B.C. – Adenans
HokohamHopewelliansTemple Mound cultureCahokia, east of St. LouisAnasazi
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as many people lived in the Western Hemisphere as in Western Europe at that time -- about 40 million
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The First Europeans
1001 – Norse1492 – Columbus1497 – John Cabot1513 – Juan Ponce de Leon
1534 – Jacques Cartier
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1565 – Pedro Menendez – St. Augustine - the first permanent European settlement
1578 – Humphrey Gilbert - colonize the "heathen and barbarous landes"
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1585 – Walter Raleigh –Roanoke Island
1607 - Jamestown
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Settling in AmericaTradeFreedom of religionPolitical freedomEconomic reasons
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The Original 13 Colonies
VirginiaMassachusettsMarylandRhode IslandConnecticutNew Hampshire
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North and South CarolinaNew YorkNew JerseyPennsylvaniaDelaware Georgia
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VirginiaJamestownThe London CompanyTrade with Europe“He who will not work shall not eat”
Plantations: tobacco, cotton, sugar, peanuts
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MassachusettsPilgrims in 1620 on the Mayflower
First group seeking religious freedom
The Mayflower Compact - vote about the laws- accept what the majority chose
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William Bradford1621 - Thanksgiving1630 - The PuritansFur trading, fishing, shipbuilding
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MarylandProprietary colonies1634 - Lord Baltimore1649 – Act of Toleration
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Rhode IslandRoger Williams1636Separation of church and state
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Connecticut1636 – Thomas HookerThe Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
- legislature - governorship - fair taxation
1623Political, religious, economic reasons
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New Hampshire1623Political, religious, economic reasons
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The Carolinas/New York/New JerseyProprietary colonies1729 – royal colony
1664 – the English Navy
Quaker groups
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Pennsylvania/Delaware/Georgia1681 – William PennHoly Experiment1682 - Delaware part of Pennsylvania
17031732 – James Oglethorpe
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Democracy and governmentDirect and representative democracy
Governors-Veto laws- Appoint some government officials
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2 assemblies: the King appointed the members of the upper house
Only men with property and sometimes with certain religious qualifications could vote
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