1. Lecture 13: Native Americans and the Colonial Period (prehistory – 1765)
British and American Culture

2. Native Americans – Crossing the Bering Strait (10,000-30,000 years ago)

3. Native Americans (pre-Columbian period)

4. European Exploration and Colonization
Vikings from Scandinavia attempted a colony in North America around 1000 CE, but was soon abandoned
Christopher Columbus arrived at the islands of the Caribbean in 1492
In the 1500s, Spanish, French, and Dutch explorers set up colonies throughout the Americas
British colonization of the Americas started relatively late, in the 17th century

5. British, French, and Spanish claims in N. America in 1750

6. British Colonization – The South
Jamestown – established in 1607 (modern-day Virginia)
The southern colonies were mostly based on farming, used labor from imported African slaves, and had a fairly rigid social hierarchy

7. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

8. British Colonization – The North
The first British colony in New England was in Plymouth (in modern-day Massachusetts)
Plymouth was founded by pilgrims who were Puritan religious followers fleeing persecution in England
In their colony, they established strict religious rules
The economy of the North was more based on industry and commerce than the agriculture-based south

9. The Thirteen Colonies