The Impacts of European Colonization on Georgia’s Native Americans SS8H1.b Evaluate the impact of...

The Impacts of European Colonization on Georgia’s Native Americans

SS8H1.b Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native American cultures; include Spanish missions along the barrier islands, and the explorations of Hernando DeSoto.

The Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of biological material between the “New World” (North & South America) and the “Old World” (Europe).

The picture represents Columbus’ encounter with the New World.

What is going on in this picture? When the Europeans

arrived in the Americas, they brought deadly diseases such as smallpox. The Europeans had natural immunities to the diseases; the Native Americans did not.

These diseases killed a lot of innocent Native Americans.

Columbian Exchange

The Introduction of New Animals and Plants Open up your atlases to page 19 and look at the

exchange of animals, plants, and diseases from the Old World (Europe, Africa, & Asia) to the New World (North

and South America).

Other Impacts – Psychological

Native Americans had never seen Spaniards before, especially in well-developed armor.

The armor was hard to pierce, giving Europeans the advantage in a fight.

Guns & Swords (Psychological Impacts) Native Americans had

never seen or heard of guns and swords before the arrival of the Europeans.

The loud “bang” of the gun along with the destruction of the sword & gun combined acted as a scare tactic in conquering Native Americans.

Religious Impacts on Native Americans. Missions – Churches set

up by the Spanish used to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

Native Americans were no longer allowed to worship their own Gods.

In many cases, Native Americans were killed if they refused to become Christians.

Spanish Missions in Georgia

The Spanish built many missions along Georgia’s Barrier Islands.

Hernando De Soto

Hernando was the first European to enter Georgia?

His goal was to find gold.

From 1539-1542, De Soto attempted to find gold, but was unsuccessful. He died

in 1542. In doing so, he spread

disease and killed many Native Americans.