PowerPoint Presentation Location a federal republic on the continent of North America Area 9,629,047 sq km (3,717,796 sq mi) (3rd largest country in the world after Russia and Canada) 50 states 48 con[.]
Location: a federal republic on the continent of North America Area: 9,629,047 sq km (3,717,796 sq mi) (3rd largest country in the world after Russia and Canada) 50 states: 48 contiguous states noncontiguous states of Alaska & Hawaii Population: 2006 - 306,206,787 (3rd in the world behind China and India.) Capital city Washington D.C Largest city New York - Language: English - Industrialization: Manufacturing - Culture: Hispanic Americans, American Indians and European Americans -> in the Southwest, the Chinese -> in big cities such as New York and San Francisco The Colonial Era The Making of a Nation The Civil War 19th Century World War I World War II The Cold War The War Against Terrorism War With Iraq The first successful English colony was found at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 Early settlements developed in New England, in the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies A few years later, English Puritans came to America In 1620, the Puritans founded Plymouth Colony (nowadays Massachusetts) In 1636 an English clergyman named Roger William founded the colony of Rhode Island By 1733 English settlers had founded 13 colonies along the Atlantic Coast, from New Hampshire in the North to Georgia in the South In North America, the French controlled Canada and Louisiana, which included the vast Mississippi River watershed The end of the Seven Years' War between England and France in 1763 left England in control of Canada and all of North America east of the Mississippi In 1773 a group of patriots responded by staging the Boston Tea Party to protest against tea taxation Revolutionary war broke out on April 19, 1775 On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a Declaration of Independence The war officially ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783, by which England recognized American independence Avoid central power >> Government: three branches legislative (Congress), executive (the president and the federal agencies), and judicial (the federal courts) GEORGE WASHINGTON FAVOR A STRONG PRESIDENT & CENTRAL GOVERNMENT JEFFERSON PREFER TO ALLOT MORE POWER TO STATES The first record of African slavery in Colonial America occurred in 1619