UNIT 5: HISTOR(IES) OF THE USA
''In God We Trust'' – first who arrive to the US are the puritans
from the UK and European countries
''E pluribus unum'' – From many, one. The original idea comes
from the first colonies
America = melting pot (white, hispanic, afroamerican
population) or salad pot?
→ Melting pot → population from the UK, Italy, Ireland (they
were starving) → generated conflict
History of America (North America) has been written by
western people who first arrived. Language is manipulated in
their benefit.
1 The Americas Before Colonization
Chief Seattle 1854
The 13th colonies
-North: more industrial.
-Middle: New York, New Jersey
-South: Georgia, Virginia, and Carolina.
-Representative governments.
-Beginning of frontier life.
→ A lot of immigrants from European origins, there were a lot of
diversity, it was really multicultural.
→ The Southern didn’t move to the west because there were a
natural barrier called Apalaches.
THE ROOTS OF REVOLUTION: Origins of Revolutionary War.
1 Seven Year War (1750s) → Between France and England, in
order to control the territories and expand the colonies.
2 Settlers vs. Britain → STAMP TAX. Everything that was
printed in the colonies had to be paid to Britain.
→ J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur: What is an American?
Described what life in the new territory was like for immigrant
settlers. Letters from an American Farmer (1782).
