History 203 Berkey The First Encounters In the early 1600’s Europeans were moving to the Americas to start new lives. Europeans encountered many people on their journeys but no one quite like the Indians. The Indians in America at this time were established‚ wise‚ and survivors. The Indians were in great shape before the “discovery” of America. However‚ when Europeans started to move into Indian Territory things became intense. Europeans felt as if they were more successful than the Indians; they
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Europe Meets the New World In 1492‚ Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Everyone knows this phrase‚ but that was just the beginning of a very complex story. Europe was all unified under the Roman Catholic Church. For years Columbus tried to convince the King of Portugal to support him in his idea for an easier western route to the Indies but he was turned down‚ so he looked elsewhere. Finally‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to sponsor the voyage because they thought it would create
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by the introduction of European domesticated animals. -Lack of unity among groups -Nutrition -Lack of exposure Diversity Native Population -No unity between various native tribes -Much harder to fend of English settlements -Tsenacommacah‚ Powhatan – natives during Virginia settlement -Pequot War – 1637 Tensions over land and English power Pequots banded with other tribes Coastal indians band together Attacked Puritan settlements (Puritans would burn Indian villages) Puritans say God
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* Queen Elizabeth daughter of Henry 8 and Anne Berlin * Protestant but partly protestant * Defeated Spanish armada * England on the Eve of Empire England Eve of Empire * England Population growing rapidly 1550 3.5 mil‚ 1600 4 mil * Economic Depression in wool trade. * Enclosure forcing people off land * Unemployment raising * People leaving countryside to go to cities * Primogeniture- oldest son gets everything and chooses
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Economic and political developments in Virginia from 1607-1700 On the year of 1607‚ May 14th‚ a hundred men sent by the Virginia Company of London‚ landed at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay which also resulted in the first permanent English settlement. The settlement of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown) was the source of economy of the Chesapeake Bay region and Virginia‚ during the colonial period was always tied upon the accessibility of plantation and slavery. On the year of 1607‚ May 14th‚ a
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The Native American Struggle The way of life for the Native Americans changed greatly when the settlers arrived but they fought strongly to hold onto their sacred beliefs. No amount of influence or interference from the Europeans could change what the American Indians believed in. The natives fought long and hard to try to preserve their heritage and their lifestyles. While they are still given a small portion of land to live on‚ the plight of the Native American people has been going on since
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Despite rather heroic exaggeration of his Character‚ John Smith had captured the turning point of the relationship between the colony and the American Indian tribes. In regard to his memoir‚ when the Powhatan tribe captured him‚ he was almost executed and the daughter of Powhatan King‚ Pocahontas saved his life‚ as he stated in his account “… then as many as could layd hands on him‚ dragged him to them‚ and thereon laid his head‚ and being ready with their clubs‚ to beate out his braines
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Its first settlement at Jamestown‚ Virginia was established a year before France’s arrival. The early colonists first named the Native Americans incorrectly as the "Powhatans" under the name of their powerful leader. Soon‚ the Old and New World began to mix. The settlers brought new plants and animals with them such as grass‚ dandelions‚ pigs and horses that the Indians later used. They also adopted Indian crops such
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Chapter 1 1. A Chapter 2 1. Which event brought Queen Isabella to the throne in 1474? a. The death of her brother Henry 2. How did a sea route to Asia impact Europe? a. The route allowed merchants to charge lower prices for imported Eastern goods 3. The government of which country sponsored Christopher Columbus’s 1492 exploration? a. Spain 4. How did Ferdinand and Isabella react to Columbus’s first voyage? a. They believed Spain could challenge Portuguese dominance of the seas 5. The Treaty of Tordesillas
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beaver pelts that they so desperately desired to survive the winter. Unlike the French settlers‚ the English settlers struggled with the Algonquian Indians. Jamestown struggled with Powhatan‚ the leader of the tribe. During this time‚ trade did exist but tensions rose between the English and the Indians. Powhatan‚ on his deathbed‚ reached out to John Smith‚ to beg for friendlier relations‚ that almost mirrored his tribe’s relations to the French. The English traded similar goods to that of the
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