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Prehistory-1750

Prehistory-1750. Setting the Scene . Delaware Indians saw a large fish floating on the water. As the object got closer, the Indians realized it was a floating house with humans on board. The humans came ashore and told the Indians they would be back the following year. History of the Time.

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Prehistory-1750

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  1. Prehistory-1750

  2. Setting the Scene • Delaware Indians saw a large fish floating on the water. • As the object got closer, the Indians realized it was a floating house with humans on board. • The humans came ashore and told the Indians they would be back the following year.

  3. History of the Time • Native Americans traveled across a land bridge that once linked Alaska and Russia across the Bering Strait. • The first successful English settlement in North America began when a group landed in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. • Within months, all but 30 were dead.

  4. What People are talking about. • Slavery – colonists began buying slaves • Religion – Puritans exile Roger Williams in 1636 for his religious beliefs. Mary Dyer is publicly hanged on the Boston Common for her Quaker beliefs. • New Fauna and Flora – Europeans come upon exotic animals (ex- opossum)

  5. Firsts • 1500’s – Spanish explorers bring horses • 1612 – John Rolfe harvests first tobacco crop in Virginia • 1673 – Mail service began temporarily • 1716 – First theater in the colonies opens in Williamsburg

  6. Food and Fashion • Native foods – corn, squash, beans and fish are abundant • Cattle and Pigs are brought from Europe. • Chew the resin from some trees • Plain, dark clothing • Women still wore layers of petticoats and underskirts • Southern Planter families dressed more lavishly.

  7. Arts and Entertainment • Decorating clothing, baskets, pottery and blankets • Girls learn to sew and embroider • Dice games, lacrosse and hoop-and-spear • Play musical instruments • Puritans outlaw dice, cards and nine-pin bowling so some colonists invent ten pin bowling.

  8. Literature of the Time • People are reading • Flier and pamphelts – promote a new life across the sea • Religious Books – Bible and Bay Psalm Book (hymnal) • Newspapers – 1704 Boston News-Letter

  9. Literature of the Time • People are Writing • Journals and Diaries – documented many religious experiences • Letters – to others overseas or some in another part of the country • The Focus of the Time was on nature.

  10. Language of the Time • More than one English Language • Use of Thee, Thou and Thy • Spelling Rules were created

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