美国课件2GeneralIntroductiontoUSterritorialformation.ppt
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1、Introduction to,Qin Jie,Focus,Territorial expansion of USA Historical events contributing to formation of USA,A review of the 50 states,Layout highlights,States of USA,Forming of US (1776),The nation was founded by thirteen colonies of Great Britain located along the Atlantic seaboard. On July 4, 17
2、76, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their independence from Great Britain. The rebellious states defeated Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, the first successful colonial war of independence.,Forming of US (1787),A federal convention adopted the current Un
3、ited States Constitution on September 17, 1787; its ratification made the states part of a single republic with a strong central government. The Bill of Rights, comprising ten constitutional amendments, was ratified in 1791. In 1812 it fought the 2nd war of Independence.,Forming of US (19th century)
4、,In the 19th century, the United States acquired land from France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Russia, and annexed the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Hawaii.,Forming of US (1860s),Disputes between the agrarian South and industrial North over states rights and the expansion of the i
5、nstitution of slavery provoked the American Civil War of the 1860s. The Norths victory prevented a permanent split of the country and led to the end of legal slavery in the United States. By the 1870s, the national economy was the worlds largest.,Forming of US (20th century),The SpanishAmerican War
6、and World War I confirmed the countrys status as a military power. In 1945, the United States emerged from World War II as the first country with nuclear weapons, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and a founding member of NATO.,Forming of US,The end of the Cold War left the
7、United States as the sole superpower. The country accounts for approximately 50% of global military spending and is a leading economic, political, and cultural force in the world.,Highlights of territorial expansion,Louisiana purchase Adams-Ons Treaty (Florida) Oregon Country MexicanAmerican War Ala
8、ska purchase Spanish-American War Republic of Hawaii,Louisiana Purchase,The acquisition by the US of 2,147,000 km2 of the French territory in 1803. Including portions of 15 current U.S. states and 2 Canadian Provinces. Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that wer
9、e south of the Mississippi River, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans.,The purchase was
10、 a pivotal moment in the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.,Adams-Ons Treaty,The Adams-Ons Treaty of 1819 settled a border dispute in North America between the United States and Spain. In addition to granting Florida to the United States, the treaty settled a boundary dispute along the Sabine River in
11、Texas and firmly established the boundary of U.S. territory and claims through the Rocky Mountains and west to the Pacific Ocean.,Oregon Country,Oregon Country or Oregon (to be distinguished from the American State also called Oregon) was a predominantly American term referring to a region of the Pa
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