Major Event/Epoch in American History Time Period/Date(s) Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History 1) Describe three different American Indian cultures prior to colonization. A) California Culture B) The Mississippian Culture C) The Clovis Culture A. Mid 16th Century B. 800 to early 15th Century C. 9500 BC to 8000 BC A. The California Culture of Native Americans contained an estimated 300‚000 members (more than any other culture)
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Native American religions are very closely connected to the land in which Native Americans dwell and the supernatural. While there are many different Native American religious practices‚ most address the following areas of supernatural concern: an omnipresent‚ invisible universal force‚ pertaining to the "three ’life crises ’ of birth‚ puberty‚ and death"‚ spirits‚ visions‚ the medicine people and communal ceremony. Greek religion encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practiced in ancient
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What started as an American Indian substitute for war‚ is now played for enjoyment and competition all over the world. Lacrosse is the fastest growing college and high school sport in the United States. From the year 2000 to 2014‚ women’s college lacrosse has grown 109 percent and men’s college lacrosse has grown 95 percent. It is often called the fastest sport on two feet. Lacrosse is most popular on the East Coast‚ however‚ it is gaining popularity in the Western United States very quickly
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Cherokee Indians history states that they were natives in the New World. They experienced years of surviving great historical events which began with Western hemisphere explorers coming to the New World bringing sickness‚ cultural change‚ and repeatedly invading the native American lands‚ along with the many wars they were fought in against various factions. Some archaeological evidence indicates that the Cherokee Indians may have come from Mesoamerica and migrated to the north toward the Great
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Identification Items: Mercantilism: Economic practice common in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. British and other imperial power’s policy to regulate the economy of their colonies. The policy prohibited the colonies to trade with other nations‚ monopolizing markets and banning the export of gold and silver. Mercantilism demanded that a nation must export more than it imports. Mercantilism was a cause of many wars and also the expansion of colonization. William Penn: English real
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of the tribe will be given‚ as well as the tribe’s history after contact with settlers. Finally discussing John Ross‚ who he was and how he affected the Cherokee Indians. Cherokee Indians The word Cherokee is believed to have evolved from a Choctaw word meaning “Cave People”. It was picked up and used by Europeans and eventually accepted the adopted by Cherokees in the form of Tsalagi or Jalagi. Traditionally‚ the people now known as Cherokee refer to themselves as aniyun-wiya‚ a name usually
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was developed in 5000 B.C. It helped Mexicans transform from hunter-gatherers toward more of a settled agricultural society. Complex maize culture spreaded slowly from Mexico to the north east‚ into North America. In as late as 1000. The Creeks‚ Choctaws‚ and Cherokees planted three
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The changing nation reflected a growing sense of national pride in the United States during the Era of Good Feelings when United States citizens had a gleaming sense of nationalism and didn’t really care what the government did‚ The Age of Jackson when lower class citizens were just happy to have a president that wasn’t from a rich family. Lastly‚ State’s rights and the Economy not only brought people together due to the states gaining power but it also drew citizens further apart because not everyone
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I live in NW Oklahoma City‚ so my Congressional representative is Steve Russell of the 5th District. He has a wife and five children and was born in Choctaw‚ OK. He received a MA in History at Command and General Staff College and a BA in Public Speaking at Ouachita Baptist University in 1985. He served in the US Army from 1985-2006 as a lieutenant colonel‚ he was a military adviser‚ a political speaker‚ and a business owner. I am surprised that he could be a US Representative without ever getting
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The generalization that‚ "The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790s than a change in that policy‚" is valid. Every since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. Many people wanted to contribute to this removal of the Cherokees and their society. Knox
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