美国的第一批殖民定居者---西班牙人
欧洲殖民者初来乍到，带来了很多欧洲的家畜，与当地人互通有无，也将多种多样的农副产品带回了欧洲，同时也传播到了更广阔的世界各地，包括亚洲。欧洲人带来的传染病也给印第安人带来了灭顶之灾。西班牙人作为最早一批到达的欧洲殖民者，迅速拓展到了北美大陆的各个角落，在西南地区的发展尤为引人注目，许多小的定居点后来发展成了耳熟能详的美国著名城市，比如洛杉矶，旧金山，圣安东尼奥。
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Colonization, settlement, and communities(1630–1763)
After a period of exploration sponsored by major Europeanstates, the first successful English settlement was established in 1607.Europeans brought horses, cattle, and hogs to the Americas and, in turn, tookback maize, turkeys, tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, beans, and squash to Europe.Many explorers and early settlers died after being exposed to new diseases inthe Americas. However, the effects of new Eurasian diseases carried by thecolonists, especially smallpox and measles, were much worse for the NativeAmericans, as they had no immunity to them. They suffered epidemics and died invery large numbers, usually before large-scale European settlement began. Theirsocieties were disrupted and hollowed out by the scale of deaths.
First settlements
Spanish contact
Spanishexplorers were the first Europeans to reach the present-day United States,after Christopher Columbus's expeditions (beginning in 1492) establishedpossessions in the Caribbean, including the modern-day U.S. territories ofPuerto Rico, and parts of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Juan Ponce de León landed inFlorida in 1513. Spanish expeditions quickly reached the Appalachian Mountains,the Mississippi River, the Grand Canyon, and the Great Plains.
In 1539,Hernando de Soto extensively explored the Southeast, and a year later FranciscoCoronado explored from Arizona to central Kansas in search of gold. Escapedhorses from Coronado's party spread over the Great Plains, and the PlainsIndians mastered horsemanship within a few generations. Small Spanishsettlements eventually grew to become important cities, such as San Antonio,Albuquerque, Tucson, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
（摘自英文维基百科，美国历史词条）
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