Dai fatti alla Storia - volume 2

M2 LISTENING ACTIVITY 3.B Listen to the first part of the recording and take notes in order to fill in the gaps in the chart below. The Thirteen English Colonies in Northern America Pilgrim Fathers A group of English (1.) .......... ........... ... .. who left England in 1620 and reached (2.) .......... ........... ... .. where they founded the colony of Plymouth. Northern colonies The Northern colonies were mostly populated by English immigrants, who were (3.) .......... ........... ... .. or workers in the fishing and (4.) ......... ........... ... .. trades. Middle colonies In the Middle colonies the most important (5.) .......... ........... ... .. were Philadelphia and (6.) .......... ........... ... .. where many Dutch and German (7.) .......... ........... ... .. had settled. New York The English succeeded in obtaining the town of (8.) .......... ........... ... .. from (9.) .......... ........... ... .., and it was renamed New York in 1664. Southern colonies In the Southern colonies the (10.) .......... ........... ... .. was based on (11.) .......... .............. .., especially on (12.) .......... .......... ... .. and tobacco. Slave trade The buying and selling of (13.) .......... ........... ... .. slaves started in the 16th century, when the Spanish and (14.) .......... ........... ... .. began to use them in silver and mercury (15.) .......... ........... ... .. . ACTIVITY 3.C Match the following words to their Italian translations. LISTENING 1. heavy a. disaccordi 2. duties b. trionfo 3. fleet c. flotta 4. in spite of d. approvò 5. disagreements e. sudditi 6. belonging f. spedizionieri 7. triumph g. pesanti, dure 8. subjects h. incostituzionale 9. unconstitutional i. gettarono 10. passed j. imposte 11. shippers k. salirono a bordo 12. headdresses l. appartenenza 13. boarded m. copricapi 14. dumped n. nonostante ACTIVITY 3.D Listen to the second part of the recording and take notes in order to complete the timeline below. Relationship with the Motherland Seven Years' War London decided ............ ...... ......... The British Parliament imposed the Stamp Act. ............ ...... ......... ............ ...... ....... . ...... - ...... 552 1763 ...... 1773