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One Country, Many Cultures
Melting pot
Salad bowl
Patchwork quilt
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What did the immigrants bring with them?
• English from Britain
• Spanish from Spain and Mexico
• French in Louisiana
• Different cultures influence food, music, sports, attitudes, other areas of life
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• They came for different reasons
• Escaping discrimination, persecution or war
• Famine, earthquake, other natural disasters.
• To improve opportunities.
Why did people want to go to USA?
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The First Americans• Native Americans went to
N America from East Asia
• 12,000 – 35,000 years ago.• Anasazi developed complex civilizations
• The Anasazi were strong in 11th to 13th Century
• They built homes with up to 1,000 rooms
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Europeans Arrive
• Europeans started exploring America in 1400s
• Then came the colonists/settlers.• British in the North-east• Spanish in Florida• Conflict for land and resources between
colonists and Native Americans.• Cultural differences and land disputes led
to war and murder.
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Slavery in the Colonies
• Europeans shipped enslaved Africans to American colonies
• Many died on the way
• Those who survived were bought and sold
• They were forced to work for free all their lives
• The work of the slaves helped to build the US economy
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Chinese immigrants• From 1850 to 1900 many
Chinese immigrants entered the USA
• They worked in mines and on the railways