Summaries of Events for American History
Chapter One - New World Beginnings - 33,000 B.C - A.D 1769
America’s fruitfulness began when it developed as a landmass and began to show traits of an area that flourished in riches and abundance, this was recognized by the Spanish, whom took advantage of the untouched land.
The Shaping Of North America
MI:
Chunks of terrain broke off from Pangaea, opening up the oceans, and forming the land masses we know today. More continental activity formed mountain ranges, but after the Great Ice Age the land was depressed and opened up much of the lakes and rivers we know today. - 225 MYA to 2 MYA, 10,000 YA
SFI:
Identical species of fish found amongst various continents in freshwater lakes.
Folding/shifting of earths crust
Grinding and melting of ice on rock
Themes:
Environment
Separation of Pangaea
The Great Ice Age
Peopling the Americas
MI:
The ice lowered the sea level, leaving access to early peoples to North America from Eurasia through the Bering Land Bridge. When the glaciers melted, these people were able to access all of the Americas, thus populating and creating diverse civilizations, although separated from the rest of the world. - 35,000 YA & 10,000 YA
SFI:
Ice freezing oceans to glaciers
Nomadic Asian hunters took 250 centuries to cross
Incan, Mayan, Aztec civilizations - 2,000 languages, approx. 54 million peoples
Themes:
American Diversity
Culture
Religion
Environment
The Earliest Americans
MI:
Agriculture, esp. corn growing, spread through civilizations slowly, creating civilizations that grew in population and sophistication, all the while showing no dominion over the land. Some of these tribes were able to create relatively advanced villages with small societies, and political and organizational components. - 5,000 B.C & 1,200 B.C
SFI:
Corn cultivation appeared
Hunter-gatherers abolished and settlements created
Baby aspects of modern cities began to appear
Themes:
Environment
Culture
America’s fruitfulness began when it developed as a landmass and began to show traits of an area that flourished in riches and abundance, this was recognized by the Spanish, whom took advantage of the untouched land.
The Shaping Of North America
MI:
Chunks of terrain broke off from Pangaea, opening up the oceans, and forming the land masses we know today. More continental activity formed mountain ranges, but after the Great Ice Age the land was depressed and opened up much of the lakes and rivers we know today. - 225 MYA to 2 MYA, 10,000 YA
SFI:
Identical species of fish found amongst various continents in freshwater lakes.
Folding/shifting of earths crust
Grinding and melting of ice on rock
Themes:
Environment
Separation of Pangaea
The Great Ice Age
Peopling the Americas
MI:
The ice lowered the sea level, leaving access to early peoples to North America from Eurasia through the Bering Land Bridge. When the glaciers melted, these people were able to access all of the Americas, thus populating and creating diverse civilizations, although separated from the rest of the world. - 35,000 YA & 10,000 YA
SFI:
Ice freezing oceans to glaciers
Nomadic Asian hunters took 250 centuries to cross
Incan, Mayan, Aztec civilizations - 2,000 languages, approx. 54 million peoples
Themes:
American Diversity
Culture
Religion
Environment
The Earliest Americans
MI:
Agriculture, esp. corn growing, spread through civilizations slowly, creating civilizations that grew in population and sophistication, all the while showing no dominion over the land. Some of these tribes were able to create relatively advanced villages with small societies, and political and organizational components. - 5,000 B.C & 1,200 B.C
SFI:
Corn cultivation appeared
Hunter-gatherers abolished and settlements created
Baby aspects of modern cities began to appear
Themes:
Environment
Culture