1. US Country Studies

2. General Facts A federal constitutional republic 50 states (cover 6 time zones) 9.83 million km² 307 million people white 79.96%, black 12.85%,

3. 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

4. The First Americans Between 34,000 and 30,000 B.C Little of the evidence found can be reliably dated before 12,000 B.C

5. 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

6. first attempts at primitive agriculture appeared Central Mexico 8,000 B.C. – corn, squash, beans By 300 B.C. signs of early village life

7. First mounds 600 B.C. – Adenans Hokoham Hopewellians Temple Mound culture Cahokia, east of St. Louis Anasazi

10. as many people lived in the Western Hemisphere as in Western Europe at that time -- about 40 million

11. The First Europeans 1001 – Norse 1492 – Columbus 1497 – John Cabot 1513 – Juan Ponce de Leon 1534 – Jacques Cartier

12. 1565 – Pedro Menendez – St. Augustine - the first permanent European settlement 1578 – Humphrey Gilbert - colonize the "heathen and barbarous landes"

13. 1585 – Walter Raleigh –Roanoke Island 1607 - Jamestown

14. Settling in America Trade Freedom of religion Political freedom Economic reasons

15. The Original 13 Colonies Virginia Massachusetts Maryland Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire

16. North and South Carolina New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Georgia

17. Virginia Jamestown The London Company Trade with Europe “He who will not work shall not eat” Plantations: tobacco, cotton, sugar, peanuts

18. Massachusetts Pilgrims in 1620 on the Mayflower First group seeking religious freedom The Mayflower Compact - vote about the laws - accept what the majority chose

19. William Bradford 1621 - Thanksgiving 1630 - The Puritans Fur trading, fishing, shipbuilding

20. Maryland Proprietary colonies 1634 - Lord Baltimore 1649 – Act of Toleration

21. Rhode Island Roger Williams 1636 Separation of church and state

22. Connecticut 1636 – Thomas Hooker The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - legislature - governorship - fair taxation 1623 Political, religious, economic reasons

23. New Hampshire 1623 Political, religious, economic reasons

24. The Carolinas/New York/New Jersey Proprietary colonies 1729 – royal colony 1664 – the English Navy Quaker groups

25. Pennsylvania/Delaware/Georgia 1681 – William Penn Holy Experiment 1682 - Delaware part of Pennsylvania 1703 1732 – James Oglethorpe

27. Democracy and government Direct and representative democracy Governors - Veto laws - Appoint some government officials

28. 2 assemblies: the King appointed the members of the upper house Only men with property and sometimes with certain religious qualifications could vote

29. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZINHFyVDp3s