Population and Settlement of the United States
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Columbus sailed the ocean blue,
In fourteen-hundred and ninety two;
For many days he sailed his ships,
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria;
Columbus sailed the ocean blue,
In fourteen-hundred and ninety two.
This is the song I myself learned in the fifth grade when we studied the settlement of the United States. Sure, most everyone knows the “basic” story of Christopher Columbus sailing and stumbling upon the United States, but what is the real, accurate settlement story?
According to countrystudies.us, the first ever census was taken in 1790. It stated that two-thirds of the white population in the United States was of British origin. The most likely reason for this is that many people wanted to escape the tyranny of the British crown at that time. The overwhelming settlement of Caucasians and the influx of capturing and selling African slaves to the United States are thought to have been the first major settlers, along with the Native Americans. The increasing amount of Europeans brought their diseases, weaponry, food and animals and eventually wiped out most of the Native American population. Leaving the new Europeans with much land.
Increasingly over the years, the Native Americans all across the United States were forced out of their land by various purchases and settlers such as the Louisiana Purchase and the Spanish settlers, as immigrants swept across the country from east to west.
“Emigration to North America slowed between 1760 and 1815” ("United states geography," ). This was mostly due to “intermittent warfare in Europe and North America, as well as on the Atlantic Ocean” ("United states geography," ) and “Between about 1815 and the start of World War I in 1914, immigration tended to increase with each passing decade” ("United states geography," ).
Up until and through the industrial revolution in the early 1900s, the population rates continually rose. ("United states geography," ).
Population Rates:
1790 - 3,929,214
1800 - 5,308,483
1850 - 23,191,876
1900 - 76,212,168
1950 - 151,325,798
2000 - 281,421,906
(Rosenberg, 2011)
Maps: (Insertion of actual pictures could not be done)
Map of population in 1775:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120216023637/axisandallies/images/9/94/02PopulationDensity.gif
U.S. Territorial Acquisitions:
http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/147069d1321985592-usterritories.jpg
U.S. Climate Map:
http://www.eia.gov/emeu/recs/climzone.gif
U.S. Physical Features Map:
http://www.freeworldmaps.net/printable/us/us_physical_th.jpg
U.S. Biome Map:
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/loadimg.cgi?p=/tour/14051/14051biomes.gif
Additional Web Sources:
Cliff Notes:
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/English-Exploration-Early-Settlements.topicArticleId-25073,articleId-25007.html
National Humanities Center:
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/settlement/settlement.htm
Dipity Timeline:<div ><iframe width="600" height="400" src="http://www.dipity.com/meganshaw410/United-States/?mode=embed&z=0#tl" ></iframe><p ><a href="http://www.dipity.com/meganshaw410/United-States/">United States</a> on <a href="http://www.dipity.com/" />Dipity</a>.</p></div>
Resources:
Rosenberg, M. (2011, July 21). About.com geography. Retrieved from http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/uspop.htm
United states geography. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://countrystudies.us/united-states/geography-7.htm
Population Pyramids
1950 & 2010
In fourteen-hundred and ninety two;
For many days he sailed his ships,
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria;
Columbus sailed the ocean blue,
In fourteen-hundred and ninety two.
This is the song I myself learned in the fifth grade when we studied the settlement of the United States. Sure, most everyone knows the “basic” story of Christopher Columbus sailing and stumbling upon the United States, but what is the real, accurate settlement story?
According to countrystudies.us, the first ever census was taken in 1790. It stated that two-thirds of the white population in the United States was of British origin. The most likely reason for this is that many people wanted to escape the tyranny of the British crown at that time. The overwhelming settlement of Caucasians and the influx of capturing and selling African slaves to the United States are thought to have been the first major settlers, along with the Native Americans. The increasing amount of Europeans brought their diseases, weaponry, food and animals and eventually wiped out most of the Native American population. Leaving the new Europeans with much land.
Increasingly over the years, the Native Americans all across the United States were forced out of their land by various purchases and settlers such as the Louisiana Purchase and the Spanish settlers, as immigrants swept across the country from east to west.
“Emigration to North America slowed between 1760 and 1815” ("United states geography," ). This was mostly due to “intermittent warfare in Europe and North America, as well as on the Atlantic Ocean” ("United states geography," ) and “Between about 1815 and the start of World War I in 1914, immigration tended to increase with each passing decade” ("United states geography," ).
Up until and through the industrial revolution in the early 1900s, the population rates continually rose. ("United states geography," ).
Population Rates:
1790 - 3,929,214
1800 - 5,308,483
1850 - 23,191,876
1900 - 76,212,168
1950 - 151,325,798
2000 - 281,421,906
(Rosenberg, 2011)
Maps: (Insertion of actual pictures could not be done)
Map of population in 1775:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120216023637/axisandallies/images/9/94/02PopulationDensity.gif
U.S. Territorial Acquisitions:
http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/147069d1321985592-usterritories.jpg
U.S. Climate Map:
http://www.eia.gov/emeu/recs/climzone.gif
U.S. Physical Features Map:
http://www.freeworldmaps.net/printable/us/us_physical_th.jpg
U.S. Biome Map:
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/loadimg.cgi?p=/tour/14051/14051biomes.gif
Additional Web Sources:
Cliff Notes:
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/English-Exploration-Early-Settlements.topicArticleId-25073,articleId-25007.html
National Humanities Center:
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/settlement/settlement.htm
Dipity Timeline:<div ><iframe width="600" height="400" src="http://www.dipity.com/meganshaw410/United-States/?mode=embed&z=0#tl" ></iframe><p ><a href="http://www.dipity.com/meganshaw410/United-States/">United States</a> on <a href="http://www.dipity.com/" />Dipity</a>.</p></div>
Resources:
Rosenberg, M. (2011, July 21). About.com geography. Retrieved from http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/uspop.htm
United states geography. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://countrystudies.us/united-states/geography-7.htm
Population Pyramids
1950 & 2010
Gapminder Charts
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Children per women in 2011
Life expectancy (2011)
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Income Per Person (2011)
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