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Chapter 1 Discovery of a new world
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Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World
pp. 1-4 It is believed that the native inhabitants of North America migrated to the region from Asia before the time of Christ.
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The First American Civilizations
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 1-4 The First American Civilizations nomadic: wandering from place to place in search of plants and animals
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Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World
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Iroquois League of Five Nations mound builders
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 1-4 The Woodlands farmers, more settled Iroquois League of Five Nations mound builders
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Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World
pp. 1-4 The Plains The Southwest
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The Great Basin and Plateau The West Coast totem poles
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 1-4 The Great Basin and Plateau The West Coast totem poles
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Early American Culture religion: central to Indian culture
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 1-4 Early American Culture religion: central to Indian culture animism: the belief that spirits live in objects in nature as well as in natural events
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Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World
pp. 1-4 Religion prevented the Indians from developing the way the Europeans had.
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Vikings: first known Europeans to reach the New World
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 5-6 Early Explorations Phoenicians Madoc Vikings: first known Europeans to reach the New World Leif Ericson: discovered Vinland
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Europe’s Age of Exploration factors affecting exploration
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 5-6 Europe’s Age of Exploration factors affecting exploration advances in science and technology an increase in wealth
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Reasons for Exploration finding new trade routes
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 5-6 Reasons for Exploration finding new trade routes desire for products from the Far East profits
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Columbus’s Contribution motivation
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 5-6 Columbus’s Contribution motivation find new route to the Orient spread Christianity while combating the spread of Islam sponsor: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
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October 1492: the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria land in the Bahamas
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 5-6 October 1492: the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria land in the Bahamas Amerigo Vespucci: one of the first to realize that Columbus’s discovery was a new land
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Hernando de Soto: discovered the Mississippi River
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 6-9 Spanish Conquests Juan Ponce de León: explored Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth Hernando de Soto: discovered the Mississippi River
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Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World
pp. 6-9 Francisco de Coronado: searched for the golden cities of Cibola in the American Southwest St. Augustine, 1565: the oldest permanently inhabited city in the United States
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John Cabot: laid claim to North America for England in 1497
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 6-9 English Rivalry John Cabot: laid claim to North America for England in 1497 Sea Dogs: English naval captains that pirated Spanish treasures from the New World
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Sir Francis Drake most famous Sea Dog
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 6-9 Sir Francis Drake most famous Sea Dog first Englishman to circumnavigate the earth
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Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World
pp. 6-9 The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) allowed the English to control and settle North America.
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Jacques Cartier: discovered the St. Lawrence River
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 6-9 French Activity Jacques Cartier: discovered the St. Lawrence River Robert de La Salle: claimed the Mississippi River region
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Samuel de Champlain: Father of New France
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp. 6-9 Samuel de Champlain: Father of New France fur industry: drove French exploration and settlement Huguenots: highly skilled French Protestants
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English Reasons for Colonization provide land and economic opportunity
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp English Reasons for Colonization provide land and economic opportunity prevent Spain from establishing settlements in North America increase England’s wealth
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funded by Sir Walter Raleigh disappeared without a trace
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp The Lost Colony funded by Sir Walter Raleigh disappeared without a trace “Croatoan”
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England’s first permanent colony in the New World Powhatan Indians
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp Jamestown England’s first permanent colony in the New World Powhatan Indians Pocahontas
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Problems in the Settlement
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp Problems in the Settlement John Smith: instituted the policy “if you don’t work, you don’t eat” “starving time”: the winter of
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John Rolfe: introduced the tobacco plant
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp John Rolfe: introduced the tobacco plant at first, few women arrived in the colony the first large group of women arrived in 1619
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indentured servants: earned their freedom after several years of labor
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp Arrival of Africans indentured servants: earned their freedom after several years of labor
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Representative Government
Chapter 1 – Discovery of a New World pp Representative Government House of Burgesses: first representative assembly in America
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