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EARLY COLONISTS 1

Meaning Clusters

 

Most settlers who
came to America
in the 17th century
were English.


A few Dutch,
Swede and German
colonists settled
in the middle region.


French Huguenots
settled in
South Carolina.

 

African slaves
were taken
to the south.

 

Spaniards, Italians
and Portuguese
were scattered
throughout the colonies.

After 1680

England ceased

to be the chief source

 of immigration

 

 

Thousands of refugees
fled continental Europe
to escape war.


Many left their homelands
to avoid living
in poverty under

government oppression
and absentee-landlordism.


 

 

By 1690,
the American population
had risen to
a quarter of a million.

In 1775,
it numbered
more than 2.5 million.

PRIMEROS  COLONIZADORES 1

Racimos significativos

 

La mayoría de los colonizadores

que vinieron a América
en el siglo XVII
eran ingleses.

Pocos holandeses,

suecos y alemanes

se establecieron

en la región central.


Huguenots franceses
se estalecieron
en Carolina del Sur.

 

Los esclavos africanos

fueron llevados al sur.

 

Españoles, italianos
y portugueses

se dispersaron

a través de las colonias.

 

Después de 1680
Inglaterra dejó de ser

el líder y fuente

de inmigración.

Millares de refugiados

huyeron al continente

Europeo
para escapar de la guerra. 


Muchos dejaron sus tierras

para evitar vivir en pobreza

bajo opresión del gobierno
y ausencia del feudalismo.


Por 1690,

la población Americana

había subido a un

cuarto de un millón.


En 1775,

aumentó  a más

de 2.5 millones.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS

 

 

 

______settlers____________________

 

________________________________

 

 

________Dutch___________________

 

________________________________

 

 

_________Huguenots______________

 

________________________________

 

 

Spaniards_______________________

 

________________________________

 

 

___________England______________

 

________________________________

 

 

Thousands_______________________

 

________________________________

 

 

_______________avoid_____________

 

_________________________________

 

 

_____________population___________

 

_________________________________

 

 

____1775_________________________

 

_________________________________

 

Source US State Department
Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005

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