Economy and Society in the United States

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Avant les États-Unis
2. Colonisation et premières économies
3. Systèmes de travail coloniaux
4. Trois régions, trois économies
5. De la guerre à la crise impériale

📅 Repères chronologiques

1. 11th centuryVikings travelled to and settled in North America.
2. October 12th, 1492Christopher Columbus landed on Guanahani, which he renamed San Salvador, in the Bahamas, believing that he had reached Asia.
3. 1585 - 1590The Roanoke colony disappeared and became known as the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
4. 1607Jamestown was founded as a colony whose investors sought precious metals and fast returns on their investments.
5. 1612–17Tobacco became a profitable export crop in Jamestown.
6. 1619The first enslaved people arrived in the English colonies.
7. 1620The Pilgrim Fathers, religious dissidents from the Anglican Church called Puritans, arrived in New England aboard the Mayflower.
8. 1756–63Britain won the Seven Years’ War, but London faced heavy debt after 1763.

📖 1. Avant les États-Unis

📝 Points essentiels