Warm – Up August 30 Who were the first Europeans to come to the Americas? What year did they come?

European Colonization Competition between nations Mercantilism: engage in colonization to secure raw materials to keep mother country independent, colonies also provide a market for your manufactured goods. desire for wealth social and religious turmoil Northwest Passage

Columbian Exchange The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa (new world and the old world)

Colombian Exchange

In one clear sentence, state the main idea of each paragraph in your own words. After you have read the entire essay, in one clear sentence, state the main idea of the essay as a whole. Lastly, agree or disagree with the following statement. Use evidence from the readings to support your answer: Columbian Exchange was a positive thing.

Push: Conditions that drive people to leave their homes. Pull: Conditions that attract people to a new area. Push and Pull Factors

PushPull climatebetter job racial or ethnic pressurecloser to family fire or flood damageless expensive housing lack of employment opportunities closer to school climate

SpanishFrenchEnglish push factors pull factors what they did when they arrived interaction with Native American groups

SpanishFrenchEnglish push factors Political persecution, militaristic society pull factors influence, gold, riches, fame, glory what they did when they arrived forced Native American groups to work as slaves on plantations, mined silver interaction with Native American groups brutal, forced labor, attacked native culture

SpanishFrenchEnglish push factors militaristic society, second sons lack of economic opportunity pull factors influence, gold, riches, fame, glory influence, new land, economic opportunity (fur trade) what they did when they arrived forced Native American groups to work as slaves on plantations, mined silver explored, fur trade interaction with Native American groups brutal, forced labor, attacked native culture intermarried, adopted ways of life, treated with more respect, business partners

SpanishFrenchEnglish push factors militaristic society, second sons lack of economic opportunity overpopulation, religious and social conflict. pull factors influence, gold, riches, fame, glory influence, new land, economic opportunity influence, land, religious freedom, social reform what they did when they arrived forced Native American groups to work as slaves on plantations, mined silver explored, fur trade explored, built colonies interaction with Native American groups brutal, forced labor, attacked native culture intermarried, adopted ways of life, treated with more respect, business partners some trade but eventually conflict over land

Warm – Up Sept. 8 Please define the following words and come up with an example of each in relation to our class discussions so far: World View Migrate

WORLD VIEW Definition World View: the perspective from which one sees and interprets the world or a collection of beliefs about life held by an individual or group.. Example from the unit Native American groups first living on the land that would become the United States viewed the world differently than the European groups they would come into contact with. Historical Significance Because Native Americans and European cultures had different world views, these views often conflicted with each other leading to cultural conflict General Significance People or groups who view the world from different perspectives are often in conflict with one another, even today.

MIGRATE Definition Migrate: to move from one area or country to another Example from the unit Spanish, French, and English settlers migrated from their home countries to the Americas Historical Significance European migration to the Americas caused a decline in the Native population, expanded slavery of Africans, and increased the influence of Europe in the Americas General Significance Overtime there has been groups of people migrating for different reasons. We still have people migrating to the U.S. today in search of opportunities.

Spanish Columbus arrived in s Spanish explored the Southwest United States in such of wealth. militaristic society Spanish society first sons inherited everything. What are the second sons suppose to do? brutal treatment of Native Americans.

French Arrive, explore Become heavily involved in the early fur trade. Native Americans were source of furs. used good relationships with Native Americans to get furs. Intermarried with Native Americans, adopted their ways of life.

English England experiencing religious and social reform. Overpopulated. Claim land for England, build colonies. conflict with Native Americans over land.