Chapter 1 Apush Notes [America's History]
Chapter 1: The New Global World
Intro
Before the French
Natchez people complained that French treated them like slaves
Before 1490s Natchez only knew their people
1502: Nicolas de Ovando replaced Columbus as governor of Hispanola
His fleet of ships carried Span adventurers/African slaves which created triracial societies
1949--> Columbus unleashed 200 troops w/ 20 on horseback to terrorize the natives b/c he was upset he couldn't govern
Also released greyhounds to rip indians to pieces
French killed hundreds of Natchez and sold survivors into slavery--> forced to work on sugar plantations
The Native American Experience
The First Americans
1st movement--> Migrants from Asia crossed 100 mile wide land bridge that connected Siberia and Alaska during Ice Age--> 1st Americans
Asians and Native Americans have a genetic marker on their Y Chromosomes that proves that they migrated from about 15k to 9k years ago
Glaciers melt--> Bering Strait
8k yrs ago--> 2nd movement of people through Bering Strait brought Navajos/Apaches
3rd movement--> Eskimos (Aleut and Inuit) 5k years ago
Hunting and gathering--> economic basis
1st americans proved very inventive and adaptive
In Pacific Northwest and California Coast natives lived in permanent villages
Sometimes 1k or more inhabitants Great Plains--> new weapons
Atlatl: a spear thrower
Bow and Arrow: for bringing down swift prey
Algonquins performed controlled burnings which created parklike forests which europeans found beautiful
Kin based groups-----> complex tribal structures
6000 B.C.---> domesticated crops
Planted beans, squash and maize--> kept soil fertile
Agricultural growth led to:
Population growth
Economic foundation for wealthy urban societies
The Mayas
700 B.C.--> Mesoamerican civ began among Olmec people
Along Gulf of Mexico
Mayas built urban centers that relied on complex systems of irrigation
A.D. 300--> 20,000 people lived in Mayan city of Tikal
Mostly farmers who built stone
Intro
Before the French
Natchez people complained that French treated them like slaves
Before 1490s Natchez only knew their people
1502: Nicolas de Ovando replaced Columbus as governor of Hispanola
His fleet of ships carried Span adventurers/African slaves which created triracial societies
1949--> Columbus unleashed 200 troops w/ 20 on horseback to terrorize the natives b/c he was upset he couldn't govern
Also released greyhounds to rip indians to pieces
French killed hundreds of Natchez and sold survivors into slavery--> forced to work on sugar plantations
The Native American Experience
The First Americans
1st movement--> Migrants from Asia crossed 100 mile wide land bridge that connected Siberia and Alaska during Ice Age--> 1st Americans
Asians and Native Americans have a genetic marker on their Y Chromosomes that proves that they migrated from about 15k to 9k years ago
Glaciers melt--> Bering Strait
8k yrs ago--> 2nd movement of people through Bering Strait brought Navajos/Apaches
3rd movement--> Eskimos (Aleut and Inuit) 5k years ago
Hunting and gathering--> economic basis
1st americans proved very inventive and adaptive
In Pacific Northwest and California Coast natives lived in permanent villages
Sometimes 1k or more inhabitants Great Plains--> new weapons
Atlatl: a spear thrower
Bow and Arrow: for bringing down swift prey
Algonquins performed controlled burnings which created parklike forests which europeans found beautiful
Kin based groups-----> complex tribal structures
6000 B.C.---> domesticated crops
Planted beans, squash and maize--> kept soil fertile
Agricultural growth led to:
Population growth
Economic foundation for wealthy urban societies
The Mayas
700 B.C.--> Mesoamerican civ began among Olmec people
Along Gulf of Mexico
Mayas built urban centers that relied on complex systems of irrigation
A.D. 300--> 20,000 people lived in Mayan city of Tikal
Mostly farmers who built stone