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The First Americans

The First Americans. Bering Land Bridge. 10,000 to 30,000 years ago During the Ice Age, sea levels drop all around the world A land bridge is exposed between Alaska and Russia. Hunter-gatherers follow migrating herds of animals into new lands

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The First Americans

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  1. The First Americans

  2. Bering Land Bridge • 10,000 to 30,000 years ago • During the Ice Age, sea levels drop all around the world • A land bridge is exposed between Alaska and Russia

  3. Hunter-gatherers follow migrating herds of animals into new lands • These will become the Native Americans that Columbus meets in 1492

  4. The Age of Discovery

  5. Europe, 15th century • Spices from Asia are expensive and in high demand • Competition between European countries is also very high • England • France • Spain

  6. European explorers are looking for routes to Asia to give their countries an advantage, and make themselves rich • BartolomeuDias- finds a trade route to Asia by sailing around Africa

  7. Spain sends Christopher Columbus to chart a new route to Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic • Columbus makes three big mistakes • Outdated sources • Underestimates the size of the Earth

  8. Columbus’ First Voyage • August 3, 1492 • Columbus sets sail with 90 men in three ships • The Nina • The Pinta • The Santa Maria

  9. October 12, 1492- Columbus sights land • San Salvador, the Caribbean • Also sails to Cuba, and the Bahamas

  10. He returns to Spain to report to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella • He also may have begun the slave trade

  11. Columbus is made governor of the “New World” but is fired due to his treatment of the Natives • He dies in 1506

  12. Columbus’ Impact • Expanded European knowledge of geography • Others knew that Columbus had discovered something new, and sent their own explorers

  13. The Columbian Exchange • Trade in plants, animals, people, and germs from the Old World (Europe, Africa), and the New World (the Americas) • Slaves • Smallpox • Grains

  14. European Exploration of the New World • European countries have three goals • Spread Christianity to the Indians (God) • Expand their empires (Glory) • Get rich (Goods and Gold)

  15. The rise of mercantilism • Mercantilism- An economic system in which nations increase their wealth and power with favorable trade and gold and silver

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