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Native Americans in 1400s Diverse populations (see pg. 7). Developed societies along waterways. Intricate trade routes Common Characteristics: 1. Land belongs to all of us 2. Every living thing is sacred 3. Family is VERY important
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The original players in the founding of our nation.
The Beginning...
Three Regions That Contributed People/Culture to Colonial America
Native Americans
West Africans
Western Europeans
Native Americans in 1400s• Diverse populations (see pg. 7).• Developed societies along waterways.• Intricate trade routes
Common Characteristics:1. Land belongs to all of us2. Every living thing is sacred3. Family is VERY important
Santa Ynez, CA Chumash dwelling Taos, NM Pueblo adobe dwellings
New York Iroquois longhouse
West Africa in 1400s• Diverse societies • Engaged in competition for trade regions.
– trade routes brought in revenue – POWs / slave
trade existed
Common Characteristics: 1. Collective ownership of land2. Family VERY important3. Believed in 1 single creator,
but worshiped many gods
Benin Kingdom people, Nigeria, 1400s
Mali, 13-15 c.
W. African warrior, 1400s
Europe• Business interests influenced exploration in 1400s
– Countries race to claim resources- Spain wants gold & silver, also convert Natives to Christianity- French want fur for trade
In the Americas… The British
• settle and develop new communities • push out Native Americans
• The Great Migration (1603) to Americas– Puritans flee religious persecution
Interaction Between Groups• Columbian Exchange: Euro’s traded livestock, grains, & disease for
corn, potatoes, and tobacco from Nat. Americans • Africans traded POWs (slaves) to Europeans
for firearms.• New commercial slave trade develops
smallpox
herpes
“New Spain”: empire built by conquering land
- What were the three groups of people who helped to found the Americas?- What were some of the reasons Europeans came to the Americas?- Why did Africans come to the Americas? - What two (or more) things did you learn?
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