Pre-Contact North Carolina

1. Pre-Contact North Carolina • __________– people native to an area • ________BC – people arrive in North America • 3 early Native American cultures • A. _____-Indian - Nomads • B. ________ – Hunter-Gatherers • C. Woodland/______________ – Hunter/Farmers

2. West Africa • Societies were similar to North America • Carried on most of their trade with Europe and Asia • Became the center of the world’s ______ trade • Slaves • A. ___ ____________ • B. ___________ • C. People ___________ from other tribes

3. Europe • ______ _____ – 500 to 1500 A.D. – widespread starvation, ______, disease, and ______ in Europe • The ___________ – the rebirth of _________, art, and __________ • _____________ becomes main religion of Europe • _________ – brought Europe into contact with Asia, Europeans gained desire for Asian ______ ______ _____ traveled from Italy to China in ____; wrote book about adventures; made people want to travel • New technologies – _____, sails, _______, guns • Expanding ___________ – needed more space

4. Trade increased – merchants wanted access to Asia – ______, ____, porcelain • Three G’s—in this order • 1. ____ *any riches (gold, silver, resources) Most important to most explorers • 2. ___ *to convert natives • 3. _____ *to make a name for themselves • Main trade route was called the ____ ____ – long and dangerous land route • ________ – led European exploration for water route to Asia – Vasco da Gama • ________ – small, fast ships good for exploring

5. Christopher Columbus • First European explorers to reach the Americas were _______ – ____ _________ – Canada – around 1000 A.D. • _________ _________ – Italian sailor working for Spain – looking for Western water route to Asia • ____ – 3 ships, 90 men – landed in Caribbean on the island of San Salvador, encountered the _____ tribe • Columbus makes _ more trips to the New World • _____ is first European country to permanently _________ the New World • _____________ - first spanish conqueror (____________) • Conquered the ________ in ______.

6. Other Explorers • _______ ________ – 1st European to find the __________ of the Americas – 1499, 1502 • _________ __ _________ – 1st European to reach North Carolina – _____ • French – _______ • _______ – ________ coast of North America • ________ – Central and South America

7. Roanoke Voyages • English made _ voyages to the _____ _____ of North Carolina (1584, 1585, 1587); organized by ___ ______ _______ (NC capital named for him) • 1st voyage—led by Arthur _______ and Philip ______ - landed at ________ - named land ________ for Queen __________ (the Virgin Queen) – two local Indians (_______ and __________) came back to England with them • 2nd voyage—led by Richard ________ and Ralph ____ - found ____________ Bay, attempted to create military settlement – mostly soldiers who spent their time looking for gold – relied on the ________ to feed them

8. ended in violence with local natives, colony was abandoned • 3rd voyage—The ____ _______ – settled on ________ Island—a colony of men, women, and children led by ____ ______ – ________ _____ – 1st English child born in the New World • lacked supplies and food – White returns to _______, but cannot return for _____ years – Entire colony is gone when he comes back – No one knows what happened to them.

9. Jamestown • 1st _________ _____ settlement – Virginia in ____ • ____ _____ (military leader), John _____ (tobacco), ___________ (married Rolfe, not Smith) • Colony almost did not survive – bad location • 1608 – _________ ____ • _____ (a big year): House of Burgesses (1st representative assembly), English _____ arrive, 1st ________ brought as Indentured Servants