Appendix A
Clash of Cultures
Complete the grid by describing the characteristics listed in the left-side column for the five groups named.
| |Native Americans |Northern Colonists |Mid-Atlantic Colonists |Southern Colonists |West Africans |
|Political Structure|These societies continued to exist|Many of these were settled by | The Mid-Atlantic colonies had |The political structure of the |African societies have two levels |
| |in bands or small groups of |companies or in the name of a |colonial assemblies to address |southern colonies were mainly |of government: the indigenous |
| |extended families. Only |certain ruler. They held much of |problems and make decisions. Each |based on slavery, plantations far |organization, which pertains to |
| |occasionally during the winter or |the same political structure found|town or village would elect |from each other, but there was no |local groups, and the national |
| |for the purpose of gathering a |in the countries that originated |officials to represent them. The |town crier because of the |government of the independent |
| |specific food did several families|them. |officials would meet and make |distances. |nation-states. The relationship |
| |come together to form a temporary | |decisions for the colony. Because | |between the two levels is complex |
| |village. | |the variety of races of the | |and has led to serious |
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