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Textbook. What is a definition of History?. An understanding of the events of the past that can be applied to other events, past or present so you can understand why. Definition of History. Change over time – what is different then when you started. What do you need to learn?.

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  1. Textbook

  2. What is a definition of History? An understanding of the events of the past that can be applied to other events, past or present so you can understand why.

  3. Definition of History Change over time – what is different then when you started

  4. What do you need to learn? The things that caused the greatest change

  5. What are the periods of greatest change in U.S. History? • Revolution • Jacksonian Democracy • Civil War • Progressive Era • New Deal • 1960s

  6. Think outside the box • Who cares if you know the box? • You have to answer the question, “So What?” • You have to be able to string together ideas • You have to be able to use S.F.I. • Specific Factual Information (data, geography..)

  7. What event caused the biggest change from 1607 to 1763?

  8. French and Indian War Why?

  9. Why? • Caused the relationship between England and the colonies to change • The end of salutary neglect

  10. Unit OneExploration through the French and Indian War

  11. Did Columbus Discover America? In 1492, a sailor from….

  12. Did the Vikings discover America • 1000 AD, Vikings discovered Newfoundland

  13. North and South America 33,000 -8,000 BC the first humans came across the land bridge between Asia and Alaska

  14. By the time of contact • 10,000,000 in the area of the United States • 50,000,000 in North and South America combined

  15. Cultures at the time of Contact

  16. Great Pre-European Indian Cultures • Pueblos • Iroquois • The Mound Builders • The Mayans • The Incas • The Aztec • The Sioux

  17. Pueblo Indians

  18. Iroquois

  19. Mound Builders

  20. Mayans (Yucatan Peninsula) • 300 – 900 AD • Written language • Numerical system, superior to the Roman System • Calendar • Agricultural system

  21. Mayans

  22. Mayans

  23. Aztecs (Mexico) • 1248-1521 AD • Once nomadic people who displaced the power of the Mayans and settled down • Elaborate systems • Administrative • Educational • Medicinal

  24. The Aztecs

  25. Incas (Peru) • 1200-1500 AD • Roads • Complex political system • Many tribes • Single rule

  26. Incas

  27. Inuit • Hunt • Fish

  28. Far West • Permanent Settlements • Hunting • Irrigation • Town/Trade Crafts • Religion

  29. Woodlands (East Coast)Three language groups • Algonquin • Iroquois Confederation (1450) • Seneca, Cayuga, Onandaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Cherokees, Tuscaroras • Muskogean (southern) • Chickasaws, Choctaw, Creek, Seminoles

  30. Why is it incorrect to call all of the Indians… ”Indians”

  31. They were not all the same in the areas of language, government, social or religious issues.

  32. The different tribes did not consider themselves as a single nation This attitude would help to doom them

  33. Did Columbus discover America?

  34. A better statement would be: Columbus is the first European to discover America, and accomplish something.

  35. Let’s get ready to explore….

  36. What are the reasons for an increase in exploration (1500)? • Marco Polo (1295) • Nearing the end of feudalism • Creation of nation-states • Recovering from the bubonic plague • Increase in maritime abilities

  37. Marco Polo (1295)

  38. Marco Polo (1295) • Spices • Fabrics • Dyes • Grand stories • Needed a safer/faster route to the Far east and back

  39. Beginning of Nation-States • Creation of courts, armies, taxes • Desire to enhance the commercial growth of your own nation • Businessmen with more money can now afford, and desire, an increase in the goods they have available for purchase • More adventurous, desire for territory

  40. Population • By 1500 population levels had returned to pre-bubonic plague levels • More people, more demand for goods, more chances to make money….

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