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The original players in the founding of our nation.
The Beginning...
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Three Regions That Contributed People/Culture to Colonial America
Native Americans
West Africans
Western Europeans
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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 us2. Every living thing is sacred3. Family is VERY important
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Santa Ynez, CA Chumash dwelling Taos, NM Pueblo adobe dwellings
New York Iroquois longhouse
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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
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Benin Kingdom people, Nigeria, 1400s
Mali, 13-15 c.
W. African warrior, 1400s
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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
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In the Americas… The British
• settle and develop new communities • push out Native Americans
• The Great Migration (1603) to Americas– Puritans flee religious persecution
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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
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“New Spain”: empire built by conquering land
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- 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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