No one knows exactly when people came to the Americas- maybe 40‚000 years ago- walk from Asia to Alaska- world’s oceans low/ land bridge. Beringia Separate waves of migrants different times- settled different regions from Artic Circle to South America distinct language and customs 1400’s 8 to 10 million people lived in the U. S. (map pg. 16) West Africans pg. 29 Morocco= north Congo River in the south of the forest kingdoms Benin Guinea= great kingdoms well organized Societies= farming trade
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controlled everything and there was autocratic rule. The winter of 1609-1610 was called the “starving time” The settlers ran out of supplies and resorted to eating leather off their shoes. The survival of Jamestown depended on the crop of tobacco. The Powhatan Indians taught them how to grow it and it would be the biggest success of the colony. John Rolfe exported the tobacco to England and this developed a huge market. Tobacco promoted the plantation system and African slaves were brought to Virginia
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The Captive Differences between Rowlandson and Smith There was a time where Native Americans ruled the plains with an iron fist‚ a time where their authority was unmatched by civilized law and when puritans and early settlers alike shook with fear and respect for their Barbaric Neighbors. Why did the Natives show such ferocity? Perhaps the early settlers‚ not only forced their beliefs‚ but forced the natives out of their land as well. Anger‚ anarchy‚ and revelry spread like a plague and in the midst
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died in 1617‚ so who’s going to debate against what John Smith states in his book? Nobody‚ that’s who. John Smith did this because he knew that not one single person could go against what he had written in those books. The quote‚ “ Two days after‚ Powhatan‚ more like a devil than a man‚ came to me and told me how we were friends‚ and presently I should go to Jamestown‚ to send him two great guns‚ for which he would forever esteem me as a son‚ Nantaquoud.” Now if “Nantaquoud” meant huge liar in their
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●Essential Question: ○How did different values lead to different American subcultures in the Chesapeake‚ Southern‚ New England‚ & Middle colonies? ●Warm-Up Question: ○Based upon the documents provided‚ what are some key differences between the Virginia & New England colonies? Four Colonial Subcultures ●The different values of the migrants dictated the “personality” of the newly created colonies; led to distinct (not unified) colonies ○ The Chesapeake ○ New England ○ Middle Colonies ○ The Lower
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were searching for good area to settle. They first found an area that was ruled by a powerful Indian tribe which led them to leave‚ “They picked an area with a more powerful‚ more extensive‚ and more effective Indian government than existed‚ King Powhatan‚ the Monacans‚”(page 4‚ Morgan). Reading about the Spanish experiences led to discovers. Then Englishmen
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1. Discuss colonization in general‚ and explain why was England slow to begin colonization‚ and what factors finally enabled the English to establish successful colonies? 2. What was the relationship between early Virginia settlers and the Powhatan Indians‚ and how did Indian policies in the southern colonies eventually laid the basis for forced removal and reservations? 3. How did religion‚ economic circumstances‚ and Indian relations shape the founding and the development of the New England
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civilization in North America and the Bahamas‚ the genocide and slavery committed by the crew of Christopher Columbus‚ and the violent colonization by early settlers. Topics include the Arawaks‚ Bartolomé de las Casas‚ the Aztecs‚ Hernando Cortes‚ Pizarro‚ Powhatan‚ the Pequot‚ the Narragansett‚ Metacom‚ King Philip’s War‚ and the Iroquois. Chapter 2‚ "Drawing the Color Line" addresses early slavery of African Americans and servitude of poor British people in the Thirteen Colonies. Zinn writes of the methods
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The First Way of War Review Dr. John Grenier is a historian that specializes in US military history. Dr. Grenier is a Lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force. He is also a professor at the Colorado United States Air Force Academy. The tile of the book is The First Way of War: American War Making on The Frontier‚ which means that Dr. Grenier is planning to explain how the American colonists shaped America and how the techniques and methods used in the wars in the Americas molded the modern
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Most of the beginning of American history seems like a race of conquest between the Spaniards and Europeans with Native Americans caught in the crossfire. A seemingly peaceful group of people‚ the Native Americans were under constant attack from the moment settlers arrived into their territory. Historians can pull from first-hand accounts and primary sources to piece together the history of this nation. One Spainard exploratory mission wrecked off the coast of Florida with about 400 men (OTP S1-6
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