history of the usa. traditionally, the very beginning of the united states’ history is considered...
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History
Of
The USA
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Traditionally, the very beginning of the United States’ history is considered from the time of
European exploration and settlement, starting in the 16th century, to the present. But people had been
living in America for over 30,000 years before the first European colonists arrived.
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Various origins have been assigned to the Indian race. The more or less believable
explanation is following...
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At the height of the Ice Age, between 34,000 and 30,000 B.C., much of the world's
water was contained in vast continental ice sheets.
As a result, the Bering Sea was hundreds of meters
below its current level, and a land bridge, known as
Beringia, emerged between Asia and North America.
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At its peak, Beringia is thought to have been some 1,500 kilometers wide.
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A moist and treeless tundra, it was covered with grasses and plant life, attracting the large animals that early humans hunted for their
survival.
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They would have been following
game, as their ancestors had for thousands of years, along the Siberian
coast and then across the land
bridge.
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When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in
1492 he was welcomed by a brown-skinned people whose
physical appearance confirmed him in his opinion that he had
at last reached India, and whom,
therefore, he called Indios.
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The most marked physical characteristics of the Indian race type are brown skin…
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…dark brown eyes...
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…prominent cheek bones…
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…straight black hair…
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…scantiness of beard..
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The eye is not held so open as in the Caucasian and seems better adapted to distance than to close work.
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The nose is usually straight and well shaped, and in some tribes strongly aquiline.
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They had a highly stratified society with chiefs, nobles, commoners, and slaves.
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Public display and disposal of wealth were basic features of the society.
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Their art work, for which they are
famed, also included the making of
ceremonial items, such as rattles and masks; weaving;
and basketry.
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Thickly wooded, with a temperate
climate and heavy rainfall, the area had
long supported a large Native American
population.
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Exploration and Colonization
Bby Christopher Columbus and The First Pilgrims
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In 1492, on behalf of the King and Queen of
Spain, Christopher Columbus was trying
to find a way from Europe to the Far East.
This is the map he used.
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Surprisingly, he didn`t get to China. Instead, he found some islands in the Atlantic Ocean near North America.
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Columbus thought he was near the Indies, so he called people Indians. By accident, this sailor from Spain discovered a new
world.
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Автор: учитель английского языка гимназии №2 г. Н. Новгорода Сидорова Ольга Александровна