Bridging the Gap…First people to the 13 colonies!

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The First People here1. What do you know about the first people to

live or inhabit North America? How long ago were they here? How did they get here? From where did they come?

First People HerePeople date back to 70,000 BCBeringia

BERINGIABeringia is a region surrounding Russia as

well as Alaska and the US.  In historical contexts it also includes the Bering land bridge, an ancient land bridge roughly 1,000 miles wide (north to south) at its greatest extent, which connected Asia with North America at various times during the ice ages. This is how many of the first “Americans” got here. BY FOOT across this ginormous bridge.

= the first Americans were ASIANS

Migration Routes:

The Natives2. What type of native tribes existed here

before US? Can you name any of the groups? How did they eat? How did they travel? How did they survive? What type of shelter did they have?

The NativesEskimos, Plain

Indians, Eastern Forest Indians, Longhouse Indians….

Lived in- Huts, Longhouses, Igloos, Wigwams

Ate- hunters, gatherers

Transportations- foot, animal, canoe

Had specific cultural and religious practices

Native Adaptations to this new land Inuit, Alaska

Built houses partly underground because of cold Used dogs to pull sleds across ice Developed large kayaks for hunting in ocean

NW Coastal Indians Relied on salmon and seafood Hunted from canoes Found wood to build totems and other creations for profitSouthwest Tribes Not enough rainfall, less resources… Adapted by digging roots, gathering seeds, and trapping

animals Ate rabbit and crickets and lizardsGreat Plains IndiansHunted on foot, relied on buffalo for everything!Eastern Tribes Could not farm all year so they adapted by hunting and

gathering

Explorers3. Why did people explore? Can you list some

reasons? What brought them here? Can you list some famous explorers? What do you know about them?

Explorers1. Gain a better trade route2. Missionary Spirit3. Fames and Riches4. Patriotism5. Curiosity and Adventure

When we say that Columbus “discovered” America, or that DeSoto “discovered” the Mississippi River, we should mean

that they found it, not that they were the first to find it!

Effects on the Natives of our explorers…Had to learn to OWN vs. SHARENew diseases: plague, small poxAlcoholNew foodsNew ways of providing- farming became

limited as their land was taken away