Ruby on Rails

Hello Rails experts...
I have an interesting problem...I'm sure there are many solutions to this but I can't seem to figure it out -

I have an existing set of HTML5/CSS3/jquery/javascript pages - no logic - just the UI with content, etc. And I also have the schema for mysql project. I want to build the entire framework using Ruby on Rails 3.2 - I decided to go with Ruby on Rails rather than PHP or Node.js/Express. However, I'd rather start something from existing than build from ground up using new rails project. I do not want to waste effort that I've put in building the HTML5 front-end - again has no logic because there's no backend. I wanted to start with front-end to generate lot of ideas and create proper UX. and then build the backend using Ruby on Rails.  How would I start with this?
So far, here's what I did.
I created a new rails 3.2 project - then created a folder called "javascripts" under public directory and copied all my javascripts there.  But what about all my HTML files?  Shall I just drop them in Views folder and rename each one with .erb extension.  And copy all CSS files in layouts main directory?
And then how about the database? Or do I need to start fresh on creating schema?  Do you recommend MySQL or PostgresSQL?  My web application would be similar to ticketmaster website.

Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks, JP

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