zài cóng qián wú rén lái dào de dì fāng，
wǒ men xī wàng yí zhí yī gè mín zú。
”
shí qī shì jì chū，
yīng guó kāi shǐ xiàng běi měi zhí mín。
zuì chū de běi měi yí mín zhù yào shì yī xiē shī qù tǔ dì de nóng mín，
shēng huó jiān kǔ de gōng rén yǐ jí shòu zōng jiào pò hài de qīng jiào tú。 1620
nián，
tā men chéng “ wǔ yuè huā hào (mayflower)”
dào běi měi bìng zài chuán shàng zhì dìng《
wǔ yuè huā hào gōng yuē》。
zài 11
yuè 21
rì yú pǔ lì máo sī shàng '
àn，
qīng jiào tú yǔ 41
míng zì yóu de chéng nián nán rén qiān shǔ gòng tóng zūn shǒu《
wǔ yuè huā hào gōng yuē》。
nèi róng wéi zǔ zhì gōng mín tuán tǐ；
nǐ dìng fǎ guī děng。
diàn dìng zì zhì zhèng fǔ de jī chǔ。
*
zài zhí mín dì shí dài，
bàn suí zhe yǔ běi měi zhōu yuán zhù mín yìn dì '
ān rén de cháng qī zhàn zhēng，
yán zhòng de láo lì quē fá chǎn shēng liǎo xiàng nú lì hé qì yuē nú yì zhè lèi de fēi zì yóu láo lì，
ér yīng guó zhèng fǔ de fàng rèn zhèng cè zé ràng tè yòu de měi lì jiān jīng shén yǔ wén huà dé yǐ fā zhǎn chū qí dú tè xìng。
wàn '
è de hēi nú mào yì zài měi guó shèng xíng qǐ lái。
cóng 1607
nián dào 1733
nián，
yīng guó zhí mín zhě xiān hòu zài běi měi zhōu dōng '
àn (
dà xī yáng yán '
àn )
jiàn lì liǎo shí sān gè zhí mín dì。
yóu yú yī、
yīng guó yí mín yí mín běi měi shì wéi liǎo zhuī qiú zì yóu hé cái fù，
rú bèi pò hài de qīng jiào tú hé pín nóng。
èr、
dì fāng zhèng fǔ xiǎng shòu zì zhì quán。
sān、
zhí mín dì jū mín yòu bǐ yīng rén gèng guǎng fàn cānyù zhèng zhì de jī huì hé quán lì，
péi yǎng liǎo zì zhì de yì shí hé néng lì，
suǒ yǐ tā men xiāng xìn shè huì qì yuē zhōng，
zhèng fǔ shì rén mín xū yào bǎo hù '
ér dé rén mín zhī chí cái zǔ chéng de。
*
zài shí bā shì jì zhōng qī ,
zhí mín dì de jīng jì，
wén huà，
zhèng zhì xiāng duì chéng shú，
zhí mín dì yì huì réng xìn fèng yīng wáng qiáo zhì sān shì，
bù guò tā men zhuī qiú yǔ yīng guó guó huì tóng děng de dì wèi，
bìng bù xiǎng chéng wéi yīng guó de cì děng gōng mín，
dàn shì cǐ shí yīng fǎ de qī nián zhàn zhēng jié shù，
jí yú gǒng gù lǐng tǔ，
shǐ xiàng běi měi zhí mín dì rén mín zhēng zū zhòng shuì jí yīng wáng qiáo zhì sān shì yī gǎi fàng rèn zhèng cè，
zhù zhāng gāo yā shǒu duàn。
yīn cǐ yǐn fā zhí mín dì rén mín fǎn kàng，
rú“
méi yòu dài biǎo jiù bù nà shuì”
xuān yán、“
bō shì dùn cǎn '
àn”、“
bù kě róng rěn de fǎ '
àn”
děng。
yú 1775
nián 4
yuè zài liè kè xīng dùn hé kāng kē tè dǎ xiǎng“
liè kè xīng dùn de qiāng shēng”
jiē kāi měi guó dú lì zhàn zhēng de qián zòu。
hòu lái，
zhè xiē zhí mín dì biàn chéng wéi měi guó běi měi dú lì shí sān zhōu zuì chū de shí sān gè zhōu。
zhòng yào lì shǐ shì jiàn
*1619
nián 7
yuè，
zài fú jí ní yà zhōu zhān mǔ sī dūn zhào kāi liǎo fú jí ní yà yì huì，
zhè shì shì jiè zuì zǎo de dài yì zhì jī gòu。
*1620
nián 11
yuè，
yī pī shòu yīng guó pò hài de qīng jiào tú chéng zhe wǔ yuè huā hào dǐ dá pǔ lì máo sī de gǎng kǒu，
gòng tóng qiān shǔ wǔ yuè huā hào gōng yuē，
jué dìng '
àn zhào duō shù rén de yì yuàn jìn xíng guǎn lǐ，
jiàn lì mín zhì de zhèng fǔ。
*1763
nián，
qiáo zhì sān shì jìn zhǐ běi měi rén mín xiàng xī tuò zhǎn，
yīn wéi bì miǎn yǔ yìn dì '
ān rén chōng tū '
ér zēng jiā jūn fèi。
dàn cǐ shí běi měi rén kǒu hé dì jià jī zēng，
nóng mín、
shāng rén děng shì xī wàng jī jí xiàng xī tuò zhǎn。
qí zhōng fǎn duì zuì lì de shì qiáo zhì huá shèng dùn yǔ fù lán kè lín。
*1764
－ 1765
nián， 1764
nián yīng guó guó huì tōng guò hěn duō tiáo kuǎn lái xiàng běi měi zhēng shuì jí shè lì hǎi guān fù zé shì wéi mí bǔ qī nián zhàn zhēng de zhài； 1765
nián de《
yìn huā shuì fǎ》
gèng wéi guò fèn，
shèn zhì bào zhǐ yě zhēng shuì。
fā biǎo“
méi yòu dài biǎo jiù bù nà shuì”
xuān yán，
shēng yán zhí méi yòu zhí mín dì dài biǎo chū xí yīng guó guó huì jiù bù huì nà shuì。
cóng cǐ zhí mín dì rén mín yǔ yīng guó de lā jù bù xiàn jīng jì lì yì，
shì tài shēng huá zhì zhèng zhì wèn tí－
zhèng fǔ de quán lì de jiè dìng。
*1767
nián yīng guó guó huì wú shì běi měi rén mín yào qiú，
tōng guò“
táng shēn dé fǎ '
àn”
yóu běi měi rén mín bǔ tiē yīng guó běn tǔ dì shuì de jiǎn miǎn，
bō shì dùn hé niǔ yuē de shāng rén dǐ zhì yīng huò，
yīng rén chū bīng bō shì dùn，
zuì hòu fā shēng bō shì dùn cǎn '
àn（ BostonMassacre)。
shì qíng yǐn qǐ fǎn yīng qíng xù，
yīng fāng chè xiāo dà bù fēn shuì kuǎn，
zhǐ bǎo liú chá yè shuì。
yīng fāng bǎo liú chá yè shuì shì wéi bāng zhù yīng guó dōng yìn dù gōng sī lián jià qīng xiāo chá yè。
*1773
nián bō shì dùn chá yè shì jiàn
*1774
nián dì yī cì dà lù huì yì，
zhí mín dì dài biǎo jué dìng zhōng zhǐ duì měi mào yì，
bù jiē nà“
táng shēn dé fǎ '
àn，
hào zhào zhí mín dì rén mín jiā qiáng wǔ zhuāng，
zhǔn bèi zuò zhàn。
*1775
nián liè kè xīng dùn hé kāng kē tè zhàn yì wéi bā nián de měi guó dú lì zhàn zhēng zuò qián zòu。
*1775
nián dì '
èr cì dà lù huì yì yú fèi chéng zhào kāi，
qiáo zhì huá shèng dùn wéi dà lù jūn duì de zǒng sī lìng
*1776《
cháng shí》（ CommonSence)
yī shū chū bǎn。
zuò zhě tānɡ mǎ sī ‧ péi '
ēn (ThomasPaine)，
zài zhè běn xiǎo cè zǐ zhōng tí chū zhí mín dì bì xū dú lì，
yuán yīn shǒu xiān yīng guó bō xuē zhí mín dì lì yì；
qí cì，
běi měi zhōu bù shì dà bù liè diān de，
měi zhōu shàng shì yòu fǎ guó rén，
dé guó rén děng zài zhè xīn shì jiè zhuī qiú zì yóu jí cái fù de。
zhè běn shū zài běi měi zhōu shí fēn liú xíng，
qí yòu hěn dà yǐng xiǎng。
*1776
nián 7
yuè 4
rì，
dà lù huì yì tōng guò《
dú lì xuān yán》，
xuān yán xīn guó jiā shì dú lì de，
wán quán tuō lí yīng guó，
mùdì shì wéi ‘ tú shēng cún、
qiú zì yóu、
móu xìng fú ’，
shí xiàn qǐ méng yùn dòng de lǐ xiǎng。
The term colonial history of the United States refers to the history of the land that would become the United States from the start of European settlement to the time of independence from Europe, and especially to the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain which declared themselves independent in 1776. Starting in the late 16th century, the English, Scottish, French, Swedes, Germans and the Dutch began to colonize eastern North America. Many early attempts—notably the Lost Colony of Roanoke—ended in failure, but successful colonies were soon established. The colonists who came to the New World were from a variety of different social and religious groups who settled in different locations on the seaboard. The Dutch of New Netherland, the Swedes and Finns of New Sweden, the Quakers of Pennsylvania, the Puritans of New England, the English settlers of Jamestown, and the "worthy poor" of Georgia, and others—each group came to the new continent for different reasons and created colonies with distinct social, religious, political and economic structures.
Historians typically recognize four distinct regions in the lands that later became the Eastern United States. Listed from north to south, they are: New England, the Middle Colonies, the Chesapeake Bay Colonies (Upper South) and the Lower South. Some historians add a fifth region, the frontier, as frontier regions from New England to Georgia resembled each other in certain respects. Other colonies in the pre-United States territories include Canada, New France (Louisiana), New Spain (including Florida, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah and parts of Colorado and Wyoming), Columbia District (Washington state, Oregon and northern California) and Russian Alaska.