1783, the Treaty of Paris, in whichBritainrecognized the independence of theU.S.A.;
1789, the Federal Government, George Washington as the first president.
4. The South
1)Virginia
2)West Virginia
3)North Carolina
4)South Carolina
5)Georgia
6)Florida
7)Alabama
8)Mississippi
9)Kentucky
10)Tennessee
11)Arkansas
12)Texas
TheOhio River, called the American Ruhr;
The Colorado River and theColumbia Riveron the Pacific side
3. Lakes
The Great Lakes, located betweenCanadaand the U.S.A;
EmpireStatebuilding;
Statue ofLiberty
Wall Street
The Headquarter of the United Nations.
3.Los Angeles
The second largest city in theU.S.A.
Universal StudiosHollywood
山川、河流、湖泊
1. Mountains
The Appalachian阿巴拉契亚Mountains;
TheRocky Mountains, known as the Continental Divide.
2. Rivers
TheMississippi River, the world’s great continental river, called “Father of Waters” or “Old Man River”
April 19, 1775, the battles ofLexingtonandConcord, the beginning of the war;
1775, Continental Army and Navy, led by George Washington;
1776, the Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson;
Las Vegas, the biggest city of the State ofNevada
6. The Pacific States
1)California
2)Oregon
3)Washington
4)Alaska
5)Hawaii
State ofCaliforniais called “The Golden State” and has the biggest population, withLos Angelesas its biggest city, which is also the second biggest city of the country, next only toNew York;
Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean, and Mauna Loa莫纳罗亚山(夏威夷岛的活火山), the world’s largest active volcano, is located here.
重要城市
1.WashingtonD.C.
The capital city of theU.S.A.
Defeating the British at Saratoga（萨拉托加：美国纽约东部从前的一个村庄，位于哈得孙河两岸，萨拉托加斯普林斯以东。1777年10月17日约翰·伯戈因将军率领的英军在此被打败并投降，标志着激烈的萨拉托加战役的结束(6月-10月），此役是美国独立战争的一个重要转折点), the turning point of the war;
1)Montana蒙大纳
2)Wyoming
3)Colorado
4)New Mexico
5)Arizona
6)Utah
7)Nevada
8)Idaho
TheRockiescrossing the region;
Yellow Stone National Park and the Grand Canyon大峡谷：美国亚利桑那州西北部科罗拉多河的一个大峡谷
Disneyland
4.Chicago
The biggest industrial center in theGreat Lakesdistrict;
The world’s best collections of modern architecture.
5.Philadelphia
Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence is delivered.
历史
1. Discovery of theNew World
In 1492, by Christopher Columbus.
2. The Colonial Period
1607~1733, governed byBritain.
3. The War ofIndependence
Sep., 1774, the First Continental Congress;
Harvard College, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Silicon Valley.
8. Huston
The biggest industrial center of oil
NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
美国概况
地理区域
Geographical Regions
States Included
Key Points
1.New England
新英格兰：美国东北的一个地区，由现在的缅因州、新罕布什尔州、佛蒙特州、马萨诸塞州和康涅狄格州和罗得岛州组成
1)Maine
2)New Hampshire
3)Vermont
The White House;
The Capital
2.New York
The biggest city in theU.S.A., and famous cosmopolitan city in the world
Five boroughs:Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx andStaten Island;
Gilded Age ( the years between the Civil War and the start of the 20thcentury)
6. The Great Depression
6.San Francisco
The second largest harbor next toLos Angelesin thePacificCoast;
Many minorities
Golden GateBridge
7.Boston
The birth of Transcendentalism;先验论：与康德有关的一种哲学，认为人必须超越经验主义或体验到的东西以探知所有知识的先验原则
5)Wisconsin
6)Missouri
7)Iowa
8)Minnesota
9)Kansas
10)Nebraska
11)North Dakota
12)South Dakota
America’s most important agricultural area;
The country’s leading center of heavy industry;
State ofWashingtonis named after President George Washington, withSeattleas its biggest city
State of Alaska is separated from Russia’s Siberia in the west by the Bering Strait白令海峡, and Eskimos live here;
Denver, the capital and biggest city of the State ofColorado
Phoenix, the capital and biggest city of the State ofArizona
Salt Lake City, the capital city of the State ofUtah
The Great Lakes and theGreat Plains;
Chicago, the largest industrial and commercial center of the area, and the largest port on theGreat Lakes;
Detroit, the automobile capital of the world.
The city ofNew Yorkis the biggest city of the Sate of New York, whose capital city isAlbany. Many famous universities likeColumbiaUniversityandCornellUniversityare located here;