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American History
1.Colonial Period(1607-1775)
2.War of Independence and Founding of the United States(1775-1789)
3.Expansion of America(1790s-1890s)
4.American Civil War and Reconstruction(1861-1877)
5.Gilded Age and Progreive Era(1877-1920s)
6.The Great Depreion and the New Deal(1920s-1940s)
7.American in Turbulence(1950s-1970s)
Natives of America：
Indians(since 20,000 ago)斯密斯船长2)102 Puritans, to escape religious persecution, sailed in a ship called Mayflower arrived at 2 War of Independence and Founding of the United States(1775-1789)
3)The was held in and the Congre founded a 5)In 1777, theestablished a weak federal government that operated until 1789.6)in 1788, thewas ratified , and the new republic's , and ——took office in 1789.Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Federalists:
Alexander Hamilton 汉密尔顿
John Jay 杰伊
James Madison 曼迪逊
Anti-Federalists:
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson, 第七任美国总统(1829-1837)
Jacksonian Democracy
杰克逊式民主美国前七任总统
3.Expansion of America(1790-1890)
1)1803, bought Louisiana from France
2)1818, bought Florida from Spain
3)1823, “Monroe Doctrine”: Its primary objective was to free the newly independent colonies of Latin America from European intervention and control.4)1840s, annexed Texas, New Mexico and California from Mexico
5)1867, bought Alaska from Ruia
Westward Movement（late 18th –late 19th century）
美国领土扩张
4.American Civil War and Reconstruction(1861-1877)
Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865)
Gettysburg Addre
• The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget
what they did here.It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us;that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion;that this Nation, under GOD, shall have a new birth of freedom;and that government of the People by the People and for the People shall not perish from the earth.“
• Abraham Lincoln
5.Gilded Age and Progreive Era(1877-1920s)
1)Gilded Age refers to major growth in population in the United States and extravagant displays of wealth and exce of America's upper-cla during the post-and post-, in the late 19th century(1877-1890).The Progreive Era in thewas a period of reform which lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s.Responding to the changes brought about by industrialization, theadvocated a wide range of economic, political, social, and moral reforms.The Great Depreion and the New Deal
1)Great Depreion(1929-1933)to get America out of the depreion.The New Deal includes and proposed to establish
Franklin D.Roosevelt(1933-1945)
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Washington
Jefferson
Thoredore Roosevelt
Lincoln
7.American in Turbulence
1)The Civil Rights Movements
a 1956, the Supreme Court declared Alabama’s segregation laws unconstitutional.delivered the famous speech “”
2008.Obama’s
Rosa Parks(1913-2005)
Alabama’s segregation
Film:
2)Vietnam War(1950-1973)be the longest war it had fought as President.3)Watergate Scandal as a result of this scandal and handed over his power to vice president
British History
1.The founding of England
2.Medieval Period(1066-1487)
3.The English Reformation and the English Renaiance(1500-1600)
4.Civil War and Britain in the 17th Century
5.The Industrial Revolution(1780-1830)
6.Victorian Age(1837-1901)
7.Britain in the 20th CenturyThe founding of England
1)Early Settlers
2)Roman Britain(1st-–5th century)
Julius Caesar(102 BC---44 BC)
Emperor Hadrian(76---138)
Hadrian Wall
4)The Anglo-Saxons
2.Medieval Period(1066-1487)
1)Norman Conquest in 1066
2)The Great Charter in 1215
3)The Hundred Years' War with France(1337-1453)
4)The War of Roses(1453-1487)
1)Norman Conquest in 1066and landed in England and crowned the King of England.2)The Great Charter in 1215
or was a statement of the feudal relationship between the Crown and the Barons, a guarantee of the Freedom of the Church and a limitation of the powers of the king.King John(1166-1216)
3)The Hundred Years' War with France(1337-1453)
The Hundred Years' War was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne.The two primary contenders were theand the , also known as the House of Anjou.The House of Valois claimed the title of King of France, while the Plantagenets from England claimed to be Kings of France and England.4)The War of Roses(1453-1487)
The Wars of the Roses(1453–1487)were a series of dynasticfought inbetween supporters of the Houses of(representedThe English Reformation and the English Renaiance
1）The English Reformation
The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th centuryby which the(Anglican Church)first broke away from the authority of theand the.The beginning of the English Reformation is often considered 1534 when Supremacy paed which made theKing Henry VIII(1491-1547)电影
Queen Elizabeth(1533 – 1603)
Tolerant religious policy
Defeated Spanish Armada.打败西班牙无敌舰队
“a marble stone shall declare that a queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin”4 Civil War and Britain in the 17th Century
1)The English Civil War
The English Civil War(1642–51)was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations betweenand.The Civil War ended with the Parliamentary victory at theon 3 September 1651.The Civil War led to the trial and , the exile of his son, Charles II, and replacement ofwith first, the(1649–53), and then with a(1653–59), under 's personal rule.2)The English Restoration(1660-1688)
The English Restoration, or simply The Restoration began in 1660 when the ,andwere restored underafter thethat followed the.3)The Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of(VII of Scotland)in 1688 by a union ofwith an invading army led by the(William of), who as a result ascended the English
throne as William III of England.4)The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is an act of the , The Bill of Rights of theis largely a statement of certainto whichandof awere thought to be entitled in the late 17th century.It also sets out certain constitutional requirements ofto seek the consent of the people, as represented in.5)Whigs and Tories
As a result of the Glorious Revolution, the Whigs and Tories came into being.They were
the world's first political parties and over the years to come they were to share government and opposition in a dual party system.The Whigs became the Liberal Party in the 19th century and the Tories became the Conservative Party.The Industrial Revolution(1780-1830)
Overview: The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, production, and transportation had a profound effect on theandconditions in.It started with the mechanization of theindustries.The introduction offuelled primarily by coal, wider utilization ofand powered machinery underpinned the dramatic increases in production capacity.Major Innovations:James Watt‘s steam engine in 1765.Consequence: Britain was by 1830s the “”.6.Victorian Age(1837-1901)
The Chartist Movement(1836-1848)
Chartism was a movement forandin theduring the mid-19th century between 1838 and 1848.It takes its name from the People's Charter of 18387 Britain in the 20th Century
1).Britain and the First World War
The Work War I was fought from 1914 to 1918 primarily between two European Power blocs： “the Central power” Germany and Austria-Hungary，and the “Allies”，Britain，France and Ruia.During the war，the Britain lost much.Apart from the lo of manpower，there had been considerable disruption of the economy and society.Out of the war settlement came the
2).Britain Between the Two World Wars
The effects of the New York Stock Market Crash of 1929 soon spread throughout Europe and by 1931 Britain was entering the Great depreion.Edward VIII(1894-1972)
3).Britain and the Second World War
As Adolf Hitler and Nazism showed off their aggreive momentum in Europe，the Prime Minister，（绥靖政策）of German aggreion was no longer tenable，and was forced to declare war on Germany on September 3, 1939.4).Postwar Britain
（1）One of the most far-reaching consequences of the War was that it hastened the end of Britain‘s empire.（2）In 1952 Prince Elizabeth was crowned Queen Elizabeth II.Many people through television saw the ceremony.（4）In January 1973，Britain became a full member of the European Economic Community which was still called the Common Market in 1973.Britain witneed the first oil shock in 1973.（5）Mrs.Thatcher
Thatcherism referred to the policies put forward by Margaret Thatcher，in England in 1979.The main contents of her policies included the use of monetarist policies to control inflation，the weakening of trade unions the strengthening of the role of market forces in the economy, and an emphasis on law and order.To some extent her program was succeful and she led one of the most remarkable periods in the British economy.Mrs.Thatcher(1925---)
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