Économie et société aux États-Unis

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Avant les États-Unis
2. Jamestown et les systèmes de travail
3. Les colonies et leurs économies
4. Guerre de Sept Ans et crise impériale
5. Fiscalité et pouvoir constitutionnel

📅 Repères chronologiques

1. 11th centuryVikings travelled to and settled in North America
2. October 12th 1492Christopher Columbus landed on Guanahani, an island he renamed San Salvador, in the Bahamas, while believing he had reached Asia
3. 1620The Pilgrim Fathers, religious dissidents from the Anglican Church known as Puritans, arrived in New England aboard the Mayflower
4. 1756–63Britain won a global war in the Seven Years’ War

📖 1. Avant les États-Unis

★ À maîtriser

• The first encounter associated with Columbus’s arrival became a global turning point: the Native American population fell from 3 to 10 million in 1492 to 250,000 by the end of the nineteenth century.

Compléments

• October 12th, Columbus Day, is increasingly recognized as Indigenous People’s Day.

💡 Astuce mémo

Rencontre de 1492 → bouleversement démographique et mondial

📖 2. Jamestown et les systèmes de travail

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions