我想要一个关于美国发展历史的英文介绍,最好要中英对照!

我想要一个关于美国发展历史的英文介绍,最好要中英对照!
美国历史的英文介绍,最好有中英对照,不用太复杂,概况就可以了.急用!

美国 [United States]正式名称美利坚合众国.
北美洲联邦共和国.领土包括美洲大陆中纬度地区48个连成一片的州、北美洲西北端的阿拉斯加州,以及太平洋中部的岛州夏威夷.面积：(包括五大湖)9,529,063平方千米.人口：约286,067,000(2001).首都：华盛顿特区.人口包括白人、非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、亚洲人、太平洋岛民、美洲印第安人(美洲土著)、爱斯基摩人及阿留申人.语言：英语(主要语言)、西班牙语.宗教：新教、天主教、犹太教和伊斯兰教.货币：美元.地形由山脉、平原、低地和沙漠构成.山脉包括阿巴拉契亚山脉、欧扎克山、落基山脉、喀斯喀特山脉和内华达山脉.最低点是加利福尼亚州的死谷.最高点是阿拉斯加山脉的麦金利山,而在美国本土,最高点则是惠特尼山.主要河流是密西西比河系、科罗拉多河、哥伦比亚河和格兰德河.五大湖、大盐湖和奥基乔比湖为几个最大的湖.美国是世界某些矿产的主要生产国,包括铜、银、锌、金、煤、石油和天然气；也是食品的主要输出国.制造业包括钢铁产品、化学制品、电子产品和纺织品.其他重要行业为旅游业、奶制品业、畜牧业、渔业和木材加工业.美国是两院制共和国.总统为国家元首和政府首脑.数千年以前已有一些美洲印第安人定居在这块领土,他们可能是来自亚洲.16世纪欧洲人来此探险和定居,开始取代印第安人.第一个欧洲人永久居民点是由西班牙人于1565年在佛罗里达州建立的圣奥古斯丁,后来英国人在弗吉尼亚州詹姆斯敦(1607)、马萨诸塞州普里茅斯(1620)、马里兰州(1634)和宾夕法尼亚州(1681)建立定居点.在卡罗来纳被授予英国贵族一年后,1664年英国人从荷兰人手中夺走纽约、新泽西和德拉瓦.英国人于1763年击败法国人(参阅法英北美殖民地争夺战[French and Indian War]),在政治上控制了13个殖民地.英国殖民政策引起的政治动乱,以美国独立战争(1775～1783)和《独立宣言》(1776)而告结束.美国在《邦联条例》(1781)下首次组织起来,终于通过宪法(1787)成为联邦共和国.随后确认了西至密西西比河的美国疆界,但并不包括西班牙的属地佛罗里达.通过1803年的路易斯安那购地,美国从法国人手中购得的土地使美国领土几乎增加一倍.美国在1812年战争中与英国开战,1819年从西班牙人手中夺得佛罗里达.1830年通过立法手段将美洲印第安人迁移到密西西比河以西的土地.19世纪中叶开始向西部扩张,特别是1848年在加利福尼亚州发现金矿以后(参阅淘金热[gold rush]).美国在墨西哥战争(1846～1848)中取得的胜利,使后来的7个州(包括加利福尼亚和得克萨斯)的部分或全部领土并入美国.1846年美国与英国签订条约确立其西北部疆界,在1853年加兹登购地中又获得亚利桑那州南部的土地.后来南方蓄奴的种植园经济和北方自由的工业与农业经济之间存在的矛盾冲突使美国分裂,爆发了南北战争(1861～1865,参阅美国南北战争[American Civil War]).第十三条宪法修正案废除了奴隶制.重建时期(1865～1877)以后,美国经历了快速发展、都市化、工业开发和欧洲移民.1877年美国准许把印第安人保留地的土地分给个别部落成员,致使大片土地落入白人手中.到19世纪末,美国的外贸得到发展并获得海外领土,包括阿拉斯加、中途岛、夏威夷群岛、菲律宾群岛、波多黎各、关岛、威克岛、美属萨摩亚、巴拿马运河区和维尔京群岛.1917～1918年美国参加了第一次世界大战.1920年给予妇女选举权；1924年给予美洲印第安人公民权.1929年的股市崩溃导致大萧条.日本人偷袭珍珠港(1941-12-07)之后美国加入第二次世界大战.美国在日本广岛投下第一颗原子弹(1945-08-06),在长崎投下第二颗原子弹(1945-08-09),导致这场战争结束,并使美国成为西方世界的领袖.美国参与了欧洲和日本的战后重建工作,但却陷入与苏联长达40年的冷战对抗.美国参加了朝鲜战争.1952年给予波多黎各自治地位.1954年宣布在美国学校中实行的种族隔离违反了美国宪法.1959年阿拉斯加和夏威夷成为美国的两个州.1964年国会通过《民权法》,并授权全面干预越南战争.20世纪60年代中至末期美国国内各地发生骚乱,包括种族暴乱和反战示威.1969年美国完成首次人类登陆月球.1973年美军全部撤出越南.在波斯湾战争(1991)中,美国领导联军攻打伊拉克.1992年派兵到索马里救援饥民.1995年和1999年加入北大西洋公约组织空袭前南斯拉夫的塞尔维亚军队.1998年W.J.克林顿总统成为第二个要被美国众议院弹劾的总统；1999年他被参议院宣布无罪.1999年巴拿马运河的管理移交给了巴拿马.2000年G.W.布什成为1888年以来尽管获得的选票略低于对手A.戈尔,但仍被总统选举团选为总统的第一人.2001年9月11日恐怖分子的攻击摧毁了世界贸易中心和五角大楼的部分建筑以后,美国以藏匿并拒绝引渡此次恐怖活动的策划嫌疑本·拉登为由,派兵向阿富汗的塔利班政府发动进攻.
United States
officially United States of America
Federal republic, North America.
It comprises 48 contiguous states occupying the mid-continent, Alaska at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii in the mid-Pacific Ocean. Area, including the U.S. share of the Great Lakes: 3,675,031 sq mi (9,518,287 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 287,602,000. Capital: Washington, D.C. The population includes people of European and Middle Eastern ancestry, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians (Native Americans), and Alaska Natives. Languages: English (predominant), Spanish. Religions: Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Islam. Currency: U.S. dollar. The country's regions encompass mountains, plains, lowlands, and deserts. Mountain ranges include the Appalachians, Ozarks, Rockies, Cascades, and Sierra Nevada. The lowest point is Death Valley, Calif. The highest point is Alaska's Mount McKinley; within the coterminous U.S. it is Mount Whitney, Calif. Chief rivers are the Mississippi system, the Colorado, the Columbia, and the Rio Grande. The Great Lakes, the Great Salt Lake, and Lake Okeechobee are the largest lakes. The U.S. is among the world's leading producers of several minerals, including copper, silver, zinc, gold, coal, petroleum, and natural gas; it is the chief exporter of food. Its manufactures include iron and steel, chemicals, electronic equipment, and textiles. Other important industries are tourism, dairying, livestock raising, fishing, and lumbering. The U.S. is a republic with two legislative houses; its head of state and government is the president. The territory was originally inhabited for several thousand years by numerous American Indian peoples who had probably emigrated from Asia. European exploration and settlement from the 16th century began displacement of the Indians. The first permanent European settlement, by the Spanish, was at Saint Augustine, Fla., in 1565; the British settled Jamestown, Va. (1607); Plymouth, Mass. (1620); Maryland (1634); and Pennsylvania (1681). The British took New York, New Jersey, and Delaware from the Dutch in 1664, a year after the Carolinas had been granted to British noblemen. The British defeat of the French in 1763 (see French and Indian War) assured British political control over its 13 colonies. Political unrest caused by British colonial policy culminated in the American Revolution (1775–83) and the Declaration of Independence (1776). The U.S. was first organized under the Articles of Confederation (1781), then finally under the Constitution (1787) as a federal republic. Boundaries extended west to the Mississippi River, excluding Spanish Florida. Land acquired from France by the Louisiana Purchase (1803) nearly doubled the country's territory. The U.S. fought the War of 1812 against the British and acquired Florida from Spain in 1819. In 1830 it legalized removal of American Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River. Settlement expanded into the Far West in the mid-19th century, especially after the discovery of gold in California in 1848 (see gold rush). Victory in the Mexican War (1846–48) brought the territory of seven more future states (including California and Texas) into U.S. hands. The northwestern boundary was established by treaty with Great Britain in 1846. The U.S. acquired southern Arizona by the Gadsden Purchase (1853). It suffered disunity during the conflict between the slavery-based plantation economy in the South and the free industrial and agricultural economy in the North, culminating in the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery under the 13th Amendment. After Reconstruction (1865–77) the U.S. experienced rapid growth, urbanization, industrial development, and European immigration. In 1877 it authorized allotment of American Indian reservation land to individual tribesmen, resulting in widespread loss of land to whites. By the end of the 19th century, it had developed foreign trade and acquired outlying territories, including Alaska, Midway Island, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Wake Island, American Samoa, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands. The U.S. participated in World War I in 1917–18. It granted suffrage to women in 1920 and citizenship to American Indians in 1924. The stock market crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression. The U.S. entered World War II after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941). The explosion by the U.S. of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945) and another on Nagasaki (Aug. 9, 1945), Japan, brought about Japan's surrender. Thereafter the U.S. was the military and economic leader of the Western world. In the first decade after the war, it aided the reconstruction of Europe and Japan and became embroiled in a rivalry with the Soviet Union known as the Cold War. It participated in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. In 1952 it granted autonomous commonwealth status to Puerto Rico. Racial segregation in schools was declared unconstitutional in 1954. Alaska and Hawaii were made states in 1959. In 1964 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act and authorized U.S. entry into the Vietnam War. The mid-to late 1960s were marked by widespread civil disorder, including race riots and antiwar demonstrations. The U.S. accomplished the first manned lunar landing in 1969. All U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam in 1973. The U.S. led a coalition of forces against Iraq in the First Persian Gulf War (1991), sent troops to Somalia (1992) to aid starving populations, and participated in NATO air strikes against Serbian forces in the former Yugoslavia in 1995 and 1999. In 1998 Pres. Bill Clinton became only the second president to be impeached by the House of Representatives; he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999. Administration of the Panama Canal was turned over to Panama in 1999. In 2000 George W. Bush became the first person since 1888 to be elected president by the electoral college despite having won fewer popular votes than his opponent, Al Gore. After the September 11 attacks on the U.S. in 2001 destroyed the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon, the U.S. attacked Afghanistan's Taliban government for harbouring and refusing to extradite the mastermind of the terrorism, Osama bin Laden.