Lecture Two: Early Settlement of North America I. The Vikings: First European Visitors to the New World: --Vikings: groups of seafaring warriors from Scandinavia region (modern day Sweden‚ Norway‚ Denmark) most of them small farmers. --Between 750-1050 A.D. clans and family groups unite and begin raiding expeditions to Russia and Western Europe in search of agricultural produce and other riches. --By the end of the first millennia AD (late 9th century-10th century) a small group of
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All of history is based on evidence left behind for others who are curious and who would like to gather information off from this piece of data. Prehistory‚ however‚ is based from documents such as tools made from stone or other more complicated structures‚ such as architecture. These documents show how our understanding of prehistory changes based on the documents‚ architecture‚ culture‚ or evidence left behind for up-coming generations to start to investigate on. Prehistory and History are both
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The old Cherokee nation was a large thriving tribe located in northern Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ Alabama‚ and Tennessee‚ which was a region known as Appalachia. Because of greedy landowners wanting more money‚ land for themselves and land for their crops‚ this forced the Cherokees out of their land and into another region. The government‚ specifically Andrew Jackson‚ wanted the land because it was land that he “needed”. He needed this land because he felt it would increase the white population and
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of women from pre-Columbian time to the present and Show how these have impacted on the development of Trinidad and Tobago? Ronnie Boodram- 00045144 College of Science‚ Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago. The roles of women have changed drastically since the pre-Columbian times‚ where now in Trinidad and Tobago women have made a significant contribution in the country’s development. Pre-Columbian refers to the time periods in the history of the Americas
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Vivian Du Us History 5 10/13/14 We Shall Remain post-viewing questions Episode 3: Trail of Tears 1. The U.S. government’s policy of “civilization” was developed at the ending of the American Revolution. It funded missionary organizations to go into Native American nations and teach the Natives how to be Anglo Americans. The Native Americans were being taught how to live the life‚ an Anglo American believed was a civilized way of living. This policy was introduced to the Cherokees by Thomas Jefferson
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PRE-HISTORY PARAGRAPH The prehistoric era was traced to be the period before the emergence of writing. Historical accounts were credited to early Anthropologists and Archeologists who studied fossils of early humans and other cultural artifacts. Scholars believed that humans descended from the hominids because they showed distinct characteristics that differentiated them from the animals living during that time. Their means of adaptation to the environment were far more advanced and sophisticated
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These are some of the characteristic phases of development of pre-historical humanity. Before civilization more than 9‚000 years ago‚ the people of a town that developed in Catalhoyuk grew crops‚ made weapons and tools‚ raised and domesticated sheep and goats‚ painted on walls of their homes‚ and hunted and gathered. They were an egalitarian society with life-span only lasting up to age 30-34. Then there was the Stone age which was divided into two separate eras‚ the Paleolithic and the Neolithic
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Cherokee Removal Chapter 2: Georgia was one of the most important in the policy of indian removal and its relation to the Cherokees No state wanted them out more‚ sent most resolutions‚ had hard delegation‚ most press about indian removal Begins in 1802‚ state and fed gov. negotiated arrangement where Georgia gives up its colonial charter claims to Alabama and Mississippi. In compensation‚ Georgia gets $1.25 million‚ congressional agreement to assume responsibility for the legal and financial
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The Cherokee people were forced out of their land because of the settler’s greed for everything and anything the land had to offer. Many Cherokee even embraced the “civilization program‚” abandoning their own beliefs so that they may be accepted by white settlers. Unfortunately for the Cherokee though‚ the settlers would never accept them as an equal citizen. A quote from historian Richard White says it very well‚ “The Cherokee are probably the most tragic instance of what could have succeeded
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Perhaps the Cherokee nature of adapting western culture for their own benefit can be traced back to Cherokee Mothers and their decisions to enroll their children into Missionary schools set up by Americans. These mothers sought to best equip their children‚ and their community for the increasingly western world‚ and by educating the next generation in English‚ they sought to raise powerful individuals capable of straddling both worlds while strengthening the Cherokees traditions and way of life (Smith
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