“We came here to serve God and the king‚ and also to get rich.” In “The Collision of Cultures”‚ the authors explain the different perspectives of America. Long before the Columbian era‚ people did inhabit the Americas. Indian tribe settled in Mexico known as the Aztecs and Mayans; Further down‚ in South America‚ the vast Incan empire was located. These tribes were each had their own sophisticated society‚ with its own agriculture and trade. However‚ in North America‚ Native Americans were slightly
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S. S. 180 Study Guide Chapter 1 – 5 Diversity in the U. S. Chapter 1 Natives & Newcomers (pgs. 1 – 19) 1. Know the difference between ethnic group and racial group. 2. Be familiar with which group has been in America for more than five centuries. 3. Explain first generation‚ second generation‚ and third generation immigrants. 4. What is the three-generation process of Americanization? 5. Explain why the American Indian‚ African Americans‚ and Mexican American do not fit
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circum-navigate the globe. Hernando Cortes conquers Mexico‚ destroying Aztec Empire‚ 1521. British East India company founded for trade with Asia‚ 1600. First permanent English settlement in North America established at Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ 1607‚ and the Mayflower lands at Plymouth
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settling of British North America than did religious concerns is somewhat invalid. As the civil wars commenced‚ colonies were founded as a haven for religious persecution back in England. Puritans want a “New England”. Separatists created the Plymouth Colony because they wanted to completely separate from the Church of England. Also they wanted a haven to live peacefully as English subjects and purified Protestants. Moderate Puritans create Massachusetts Bay‚ because they felt reform was too slow
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exchange. In your opinion‚ who benefited most‚ those on the western side of the Atlantic or those on the eastern side? English Beginnings in the Chesapeake English Beginnings in New England Chronology 1607: Jamestown 1619: first Africans arrive in Jamestown 1620: Plymouth 1635: the banishment of Roger Williams 1638: Anne Hutchinson expelled 1622 and 1644: major Indian attacks in Virginia
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Entry 1 Who were and what was life like for Native Americans early on? Native Americans were the people who occupied North America prior to European explores and colonist arriving. Native Americans or Indians were comprised of many different groups or tribes the spanned the entire continent. The Indian tribes differed from one region to the next some were more reliant on agriculture‚ some relied heavily on hunting and fish and limited crops‚ while others spent more time gathering and hunting. What
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colonies economies and diet allowing them to grow and flourish and making them an important aspect of "American" culture (Kennedy‚ Cohen‚ and Bailey 15). Additionally‚ Native Americans shared in the celebration of the first Thanksgiving with the Plymouth pilgrims (Kennedy‚ Cohen‚ and Bailey 52)‚ a holiday still important and beloved today. Later interactions between the Native Americans and Colonists were mainly hostile‚ as a result of the European’s insatiable land-lust‚ evident in such conflicts
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from the earth; subsequently the English noble-elite had spent fortunes of their own money and sent over countless people over to “The New World” in hopes of finding gold and silver. Unfortunately for them‚ there was no gold or in Jamestown‚ New England‚ Roanoke‚ or Plymouth. Those entrepreneurs spent fortunes and wasted lives on a gamble‚ had they acted with a tad bit more of common sense‚ or doubt‚ they may not have been made out to be such fools back home. As far as the relationship
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England began with the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in current day Massachusetts. These settlers moved to North America with one purpose in mind: to escape the religious prosecution in Europe. This set up the foundation of their settlement as a strictly “religion based” society‚ with the church being the center of all their daily functions. However‚ this was not the case for the Chesapeake Bay region‚ whose first prospering settlement was Jamestown. This settlement set the foundation for the
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The Wampanoag tribe leader‚ Philip‚ a name given to him by the settlers‚ initiates the battle due to the execution of fellow tribesmen in Plymouth. The constant taking of land by the settlers and inevitable anger by the Native Americans leads to the continuation of battles initiated by both sides. King Phillip’s War becomes the last hope the Wampanoag tribe had to stop the expansion that resulted
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