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1.The Cause 2.The Eve 3.The Process 4.The Ending 1.The Cause 2.The Eve 3.The Process 4.The Ending 1.The Cause 2.The Eve 3.The Process 4.The Ending The Second Continental Congress 1.The Cause 2.The Eve 3.The Process 4.The Ending * American history 欧阳林涛 翻译151 清教徒乘坐五月花号来到美洲大陆1620年《五月花公约》 “茶党斗争”1773年波士顿倾茶事件 大陆会议1774 莱克星顿的枪声1775.04.19 拉开独立战争序幕 第二次大陆会议1775.5 《独立宣言》1776英属北美13个殖民地宣布独立 1781年独立战争胜利 1783《巴黎条约》英国承认美国独立 The Background of Puritanism 1.Puritans wanted to “purify” the Church of England. 2.They were convinced that human beings were predestined by God before they were born. some were God’s elects while others were damned to hell. The success of one’s work or the prosperity in his calling was the sign of being God’s elect. 3.Every Puritan must read Bible to find God’s will and search for one’s individual contact with God. 4.Because of persecution, some Puritans started the English Revolution while others fled to Holland. The Pilgrim Fathers Unsatisfied with the life there, some puritans took the ship Mayflower and left Holland for North America in1620. They were called the pilgrim Fathers . Before their arrival, they signed the Mayflower Compact(五月花公约）, which was the foundation of the civil government. 1863年林肯宣布感恩节为全国性节日 The influence of Puritanism on American culture 1.Respect of education 2.Intolerant moralism 3.A sense of mission 4.Individualism 5.Hard work (1)By the early 1760s, the 13 English colonies in North America had become Americans and were ready to separate themselves from Europe. (2)Britain’s victory in the French and Indian War led to a conflict with its North American colonies. The British Parliament argued that Britain had spent much money to defend the American colonies and thus imposed such taxes as the stamp tax and the tea tax on the colonies. The people of the 13 colonies contended “no taxation without representation” In1773 ,a group of patriots staged the “Boston Tea Party” and tossed the tea of British merchants into Boston Harb