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Colonizing America. Chapter One. Why do people migrate to new lands? Pushed or Pulled?? Example: The pilgrims? Have we been focusing specifically on Europeans migration? Why?. What were the Americas like before Columbus?
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Colonizing America Chapter One
Why do people migrate to new lands? • Pushed or Pulled?? • Example: The pilgrims? • Have we been focusing specifically on Europeans migration? Why?
What were the Americas like before Columbus? • In order to understand European colonization we need to first understand those who lived here before them.
I. Mesoamerican Civilizations • A. First Americans • Beringia • Originally nomads and hunters • Agricultural Revolution • Allowed early Americans to settle down and create their own cultures and civilizations
B. Olmecs • First Mesoamerican civilization • Developed villages, temples, and pyramids • Built huge monuments including giant head weighing up to 20 tons • Their ideas spread and influenced later Mesoamerican civilizations
C. Mayans • Characteristics • Origin • Famous for • Government • City-state set up • Thrived • downfall
D. Toltecs • Characteristics • Destruction • Debate??
E. Aztecs • Characteristics • Government • Triple Alliance • Conquer and Tribute State • Religion • European Encounter • Legacy
2. North American Civilizations • Western Cultures • Hohokam • Anasazi • Southwest
Mississippi Cultures • Cahokia • http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_with_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078745218&VIDEO=2826&CHAPTER=1&MODE=2 • Reason for Decline?? • Southeast • Great Plains • Nomads mostly • Horses
Northeastern Cultures • Algonquian • Iroquois • The Confederacy
Early European Exploration • Known as “The Age of Discovery” • Lasted from 15th-17th Century • Reasons • Crusades • Cheaper Trade Routes • Rise of a merchant class
Scientific Advancements • Astrolabe • Compass • Improvements in ship building • Caravels
Portuguese Exploration • Henry the Navigator • Exploring Africa • Bartholomeu Dias • Cape of Good Hope
African Kingdoms • Ghana • Rise and Domination • Decline
African Kingdoms • Mali • Rise and Dominance • Decline
African Kingdoms • Songhai Empire • Rise and Dominance • Decline
Slavery and Sugar • Origins of African Slavery • Use of African Slaves in Sugar Plantations
European Exploration • Write a definition for the word “discover.” • Discuss with a person sitting next to you who discovered the Americas. • Why does it matter so much to people whether it was Columbus or someone else?
European Exploration • Influences • Ptolemy • Geography in 100 AD • Developed system of latitude and longitude • Al-Idrisi • 12th Century Arab geographer • Maps inspired European explorers
European Exploration • Spain and America • Columbus • Early struggles • Support from an enemy • Thee voyage • Competition with Portugal • Line of Demarcation
European Exploration • Other Expeditions • Amerigo Vespucci • Juan Ponce de Leon • Vasco de Balboa • Ferdinand Magellan
European Exploration • New Spain • Hernan Cortes • Early Life • Mexican Conquest • Aztecs • Montezuma • Small pox • Later Life
European Exploration • New Spain • Francisco Pizarro • Early Life • Peru • Conquest • Later Life
European Exploration • New Spain • Other Explorers • Francisco Vasquez de Coronado • Hernando de Soto • Juan de Onate • The Econmienda System
European Exploration • New France • Explorers • Giovanni Verrazona • Jacques Cartier • Samuel de Champlain • Jacque Marquette • Settlements
England’s First Colonies • Early Exploration • John Cabot
Reasons for English Settlement • Religious • English Reformation • Divorce • Puritans
Reasons for English Settlement • Economic • Wool demand • Joint-Stock Companies
Reasons for English Settlement • Political • Rivalry with Spain • Trade • Religious
Chesapeake Colonies • Roanoke • Sir Walter Raleigh • “Virginia” • Disappearance • Theories
Chesapeake Colonies • Jamestown • Settlement • Troubles • John Smith • Abandonment • Lord De La Warr • John Rolfe • Government • Royal Colony
Chesapeake Colonies • Maryland • Catholic persecution • George Calvert • Religious Conflict • Toleration Act of 1649
Further English Colonization • Pilgrims and Puritans • Separatists • Plymouth Colony • Massachusetts Bay • Reasons • John Winthrop • Government • Society • Heretics
Expansion of New England • Thomas Hooker • Connecticut • Sir Fernando Gorges • Maine • John Mason • New Hampshire
King Philip’s War • What’s the significance of these events??
English Civil War • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FyQnEDt7eA • Reasons? • People Involved? • Outcome? • Significance?
New Colonies • New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Carolinas • Georgia