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1、HistoryoftheUnitedStatesTheUnitedStatesisacountryoccupyingpartoftheNorthAmericancontinentrangingfromthePacifictotheAtlanticOceanandincludingoutlyingareasaswell・ThefirstinhabitantsoftheareanowclaimedbytheUnitedStatesarrivedatleast12,000yearsago,probablybycrossingtheBeringlandbridgeintoAlaska.Re
2、lativelylittleisknownoftheseearlysettlerscomparedtotheEuropeanswhocolonizedtheareaafterthefirstvoyageofChristopherColumbusin1492.Columbus'menwerealsothefirstknownOldWorlderstolandintheterritoryoftheUnitedStateswhentheyarrivedinPuertoRicothenextyearontheirsecondvoyage;thefirstEuropeanknowntoset
3、footinthecontinentalU.S.wasJuanPoncedeLeon,whoarrivedinFloridain1513,thoughhemayhavebeenprecededbyJohnCabotin1497.1.Pre-ColonialAmericaMonk'sMoundinCahokia,Illinois,at100feethighisthelargestman-madeearthenmoundinNorthAmerica,waspartofacitywhichhadthousandsofpeoplearound1050ADArcheologistsbelie
4、vethatthepresent・dayUnitedStateswasfirstpopulatedbypeoplemigratingfromAsiaviatheBeringlandbridgesometimebetween50,000and11,000yearsago.ThesepeoplebecametheindigenouspeoplewhoinhabitedtheAmericaspriortothearrivalofEuropeanexplorersinthe1400sandwhoarenowcalledNativeAmericans.Manyculturesthrivedi
5、ntheAmericasbeforeEuropeanscame,includingthePuebloansinthesouthwestandtheAdenaCultureintheeast.Severalsuchsocietiesandcommunities,overtime,intensifiedthispracticeofestablishedsettlements,andgrewtosupportsizeableandconcentratedpopulations.Agriculturewasindependentlydevelopedinwhatisnowtheeaster
6、nUnitedStatesasearlyas2500BC,basedonthedomesticationofindigenoussunflower,squashandgoosefoot.Eventually,theMexicancropsofmaizeandlegumeswereadaptedtotheshortersummersofeasternNorthAmericaandreplacedtheindigenouscrops・2・EarlyEuropeansettlementsOnerecordedEuropeanexplorationoftheAmericaswasbyChr
7、istopherColumbusin1492,sailingonbehalfoftheKingandQueenofSpain.HedidnotreachmainlandAmericauntilhisfourthvoyage,almost20yearsafterhisfirstvoyage.HefirstlandedonHaiti,wheretheArawaks,whomhemistookforpeopleoftheIndiansgreetedhimandhisflee
