Kolonialisierung Amerikas

In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal kingdom in Maryland, and even a bit about the spooky lost colony at Roanoke Island. What were the English doing in America, anyway? Lots of stuff. In Virginia, the colonists were largely there to make money. In Maryland, the idea was to create a a colony for Catholics who wanted to be serfs of the Lords Baltimore. In Massachusetts, the Pilgrims and Puritans came to America to find a place where they could freely persecute those who didn’t share their beliefs. But there was a healthy profit motive in Massachusetts as well. Profits were thin at first, and so were the colonists. Trouble growing food and trouble with the natives kept the early colonies from success. Before long though, the colonists started cultivating tobacco, which was a win for everyone involved if you ignore the lung cancer angle. So kick back, light up a smoke, and learn how America became profitable. DON’T SMOKE, THOUGH! THAT WAS A JOKE!

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Geschichte

Sekundarstufe I, Sekundarstufe II

In which John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the native people the encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with the native people. At Jamestown, Captain John Smith briefly managed to get the colony on pretty solid footing with the local tribes, but it didn’t last, and a long series of wars with the natives ensued. This pattern would continue in US history, with settlers pushing into native lands and pushing the inhabitants further west. In this episode, you’ll learn about Wahunsunacawh (who the English called Powhatan), his daughter Pocahontas, King Philip’s (aka Metacom) War, and the Mystic Massacre. By and large, the history of the Natives and the English was not a happy one, even Thanksgiving wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Support CrashCourse on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crashcourse

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Geschichte

Sekundarstufe I, Sekundarstufe II

In which John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can say; ENGLISH people just liked it better that way, and when the English took New Amsterdam in 1643, that’s just what they did. Before the English got there though, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated women pretty fairly, and allowed free black people to hold jobs. John also discusses Penn’s Woods, also known as Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was (briefly) a haven of religious freedom, and William Penn dealt relatively fairly with the natives his colony displaced. Of course, as soon as Penn died, the colonist started abusing the natives immediately. We venture as far south as the Carolina colonies, where the slave labor economy was taking shape. John also takes on the idea of the classless society in America, and the beginning of the idea of the American dream. It turns out that in spite of the lofty dream that everyone had an equal shot in the new world, there were elites in the colonies. And these elites tended to be in charge. And then their kids tended to take over when they died. So yeah, not quite an egalitarian paradise. In addition to all this, we get into the Salem Witch Trials, the treatment of women in the colonies, and colonial economics. Oh yeah, one more thing, before you comment about how he says we’re talking about the American Revolution next week, but the end screen says Seven Years War, consider that perhaps the Seven Years War laid the groundwork for the revolution to happen.

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Geschichte

Sekundarstufe I, Sekundarstufe II

1619: Ein englisches Freibeuterschiff landet in Jamestown, Nordamerika. Der Kapitän tauscht Proviant gegen schwarze Menschen aus Westafrika. Es ist der Beginn des Sklavenhandels und eines Systems, dessen Folgen die USA bis heute prägen. (BR 2019)

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Sekundarstufe II, Hochschule

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Bereits im 16. Jahrhundert begannen verschiedene europäische Großmächte, Teile der Welt zu erobern und zu kolonisieren (siehe hierzu die Modulserie Zeitalter der europäischen Expansion). Im 19. Jahrhundert entwickelte sich ein neuer Wettlauf einiger europäischer Staaten um die Vormachtstellung in der Welt. Besonders Frankreich, Großbritannien und das Deutsche Reich konkurrierten um Kolonien in Afrika und Ostasien. Kaiserreich und Imperialismus | Modul 10 | Quellen untersuchen: Textquellen und Karikaturen | Weltbilder und Ideologien schwer | ca. 50 min

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Geschichte, Ethik, Politik

Sekundarstufe I, Sekundarstufe II

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Today, Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays in the United States. Originally, the intention of the celebration was to thank God for the harvest and the survival of the Massachusetts colony during their first year. Over time, Thanksgiving became the secular family holiday it is today, with parades, sports events, and a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

Unterrichtsbaustein/-reihe

Geschichte

Sekundarstufe I, Sekundarstufe II

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Beginning from the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the European powers colonise America and wiped out most of the original inhabitants, for example, the Aztecs, the Incas, and the Native Americans. As a result, there were not enough workers on the continent from the 16th century onwards, especially to work on the coffee, tobacco and cotton plantations in South America, the Caribbean and the southern part of what is now the United States.

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Geschichte, Ethik

Sekundarstufe I, Sekundarstufe II