Neue Reihe – 250 Years Declaration of Independence: The 13 Colonies
Den USA steht in diesem Jahr ein großes Jubiläum ins Haus: 250 Jahre Unabhängigkeitserklärung. Anlässlich dieses bedeutsamen Jahrestags wird es in der Read On jeden Monat einen Artikel geben, der die Geschehnisse, die zur Gründung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika führten, genauer beleuchtet. Zum Auftakt dreht sich die Rubrik in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Read On um die britische Besiedlung Nordamerikas.
The 13 Colonies
These British settlements would become the United States of America.
By Siobhan Bruns
1 For thousands of years, Native Americans lived in North America, and it remained mostly unknown to Europeans. Then, in the 1500s, Europeans began to settle there.
2 The French mostly went north, into what is now Canada; the Spanish mostly to the south and west, now mostly Mexico; and the British into what is now the East Coast of the US.
3 British settlers came for different reasons. Some came to do business and to make money, whilst others wanted religious freedom that they were unable to have in England.
4 It was King James I of England who began to officially colonise the American east coast for the British. He wanted to compete with Spain, which had had success in finding gold and other resources in the New World.
5 In 1606, King James I granted a charter for a group of investors to establish Jamestown, in what is now the state of Virginia.
6 It was the first permanent English settlement in North America. However, things didn’t go very well.
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Den vollständigen Artikel lesen Sie in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Read On.
Vocabulary
0–3 settlement Siedlung — Native Americans indigene Völker Nordamerikas — European Europäer(in) — to settle siedeln — settler Siedler(in) — religious freedom Religionsfreiheit
4–6 King James I of England König Jakob I. von England — to colonise s.th. etw. kolonisieren — to compete with s.o. mit jdm. konkurrieren — New World historische europäische Bezeichnung für Amerika — to grant a charter for s.o. to do s.th. jdm. die Erlaubnis erteilen, etw. zu tun — to establish s.th. etw. gründen
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