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1、Unit31.thefirstEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericaThefirstEnglishpermanentsettlementwasorganizedin1607bytheLondonCompanywithacharterfromtheEnglishking.ThecolonistssettledinVirginiaandsurvivedbyimposingstrictdisciplineonthemselvesandbytransplantingtobaccointothecolonyofVirginia.In1619,thes
2、ettlerselectedtheirdelegatesandsetuptheHouseofBurgesses,andthesametimetheyboughtandenslavedblackservants.2.PuritanismPuritanswerethosewhofollowedthedoctrineofJohnCalvinandwantedtopurifytheChurchofEngland.TheybelievedthathumanbeingswerepredestinedbyGodbeforetheywereborn.SomewereGod’sch
3、osenpeoplewhileothersweredamnedtohell.Nochurchnorgoodworkscouldsavepeople.ThesignofbeingGod’selectwasthesuccessinhisworkortheprosperityinhiscalling.TheyalsoarguedthateveryonemustreadtheBibleinordertofindGod’swillandestablishadirectcontactwithGod.ThesebeliefshadgreatimpactonAmericancul
4、ture.3.TheDeclarationofIndependenceItwasmainlydraftedbyThomasJeffersonandwasadoptedbytheCongressonJuly4,1776,whenthepeopleof13EnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericawerefightingfortheirfreedomandindependencefromtheBritishcolonialrule.Thedocumentdeclaredthatallmenwereequalandthattheywereentitled
5、tohavesomeunalienablerightssuchaslife,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness.Italsoexplainedthephilosophyofgovernment:thepowersofgovernmentscamefromtheconsentofthegovernedandthepurposeofgovernmentsweretosecuretherightsmentionedabove.ThetheoryofpoliticsandtheguidingprinciplesoftheAmericanRevo
6、lutionmainlycamefromJohnLocke.4.GeorgeWashingtonGeorgeWashingtonwasoneofthefoundingfathersoftheAmericanRepublic.HewastheCommander-in-chiefoftheContinentalArmyintheWarofIndependenceagainsttheBritishcolonialruleandthefirstPresidentoftheUnitedStates.5.BenjaminFranklinBenjaminFranklinwaso
7、neofthefoundingfathersoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.HeparticipatedinwritingtheDeclarationofIndependenceandmakingtheUSConstitution.Unit41.TheArticlesofConfederationAftertheWarofIndependencewaswon,thenewnationoftheUnitedStateswasorganizedundertheagreementoftheArticlesofConfederationwithawe
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