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Native Americans European Exploration Africans and Slavery

Native Americans European Exploration Africans and Slavery. Mrs. Dean Social Studies. Arrival of Native Americans. Who discovered America? 28,000 nomadic hunters traveled BC over Bering Strait Some continue to hunt large game Others settle and become farmers

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Native Americans European Exploration Africans and Slavery

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  1. Native AmericansEuropean ExplorationAfricans and Slavery Mrs. Dean Social Studies

  2. Arrival of Native Americans • Who discovered America? • 28,000 nomadic hunters traveled BC over Bering Strait • Some continue to hunt large game • Others settle and become farmers • Native Americans reside throughout the Americas for thousands of years • 50-100 million natives • More than 2000 groups (or tribes)

  3. Native Americans Thrive • Hundreds of tribes succeeded in North America • Had their own distinct languages • Estimates of NA in North America = 7-12 million (25 million in Mexico alone) • Harvested corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, cotton and took advantage of the numerous animal resources • Savage?

  4. If this could be yours…would you take it?

  5. Causes for European Exploration • 3 G’s • Gold • God • Glory

  6. Gold • In Europe – land is no longer the way to be rich…they looked to gold • Marco Polo – travels to China, wrote about the culture – sparks exploration • More and more people are interested in the exotic goods • Merchants realize they can make $ by selling goods from the East • Spices (cinnamon, pepper, cloves), perfumes, and precious stones in high demand • Most of the trading is done on land through middle men • Merchants begin looking for routes to trade directly with the East

  7. Glory • What is the U.S. known for TODAY? • Large nation-states begin to form (equivalent of countries) • Look to establish wealth and power specifically through power and trade • Establish laws, courts, taxes and armies • Improvements in technology encourage this growth • Moveable type/printing press = new info • Better maps = more accurate • Better navigation instruments = know direction/location • Better ships = longer voyages, faster, larger cargo areas • Look to make a better name for their nation-state!

  8. God • Church is constantly looking to acquire land, wealth and believers • Protestant Reformation (early 1500’s) – led to decline in Catholic Church • Look for areas and people to convert

  9. Christopher Columbus • How have you celebrated Columbus in the past? • Given money buy king to sail West towards Asia (for more efficient trading) • Return for gold and spices, Columbus would receive 10% of profits, governor of new lands, and the title Admiral of the Ocean Sea • October 1492 – landed in Bahamas • Kidnapped natives so he could find gold in Cuba • On return trips, Columbus focused on finding gold and slaves • Never found the “pot of gold” he was looking for • Many thousands of slaves died in route back to Europe • 1515 – 50,000 Indians left; 1550 – only 500 (originally millions)

  10. Spanish Settlement • Spanish settled primarily in the Caribbean and Central America • Ponce de Leon – first to arrive on North American mainland • Looking for gold (exhausted supply in Caribbean) and fountain of youth • Spanish primarily stay in South (such as Florida, New Orleans)

  11. Explorers vs. Indians • Examples of what is to come • Columbus = Arawaks of the Bahamas • Cortes = Aztecs of Mexico • Pizarro = Incas of Peru • English settlers of VA and MA = Powhatans and Pequots

  12. Spanish vs. English Colonies • Spanish Armada • Failed attempt by Spain to restore English monarchy to a Catholic one • Spain no longer the ruler of the seas – opens the way for English exploration

  13. English Take Over Exploration • 1585 – Roanoke (off of North Carolina) • Difficult winter – colonists returned to England • 1587 (2nd attempt) • 100 men; 17 women • Wrote of Native Americans • Virginia Dare – first English colonist born on American soil • John White sailed back for more supplies – returned 3 years later, Roanoke deserted • Only clue – CROATOAN carved in a tree

  14. English Exploration (cont’d) • Jamestown • Group of merchants from the Virginia Company of London • April 1607 • In the Chesapeake Bay (Virginia) – named the river “James” and the town Jamestown” after who??? • Left with 144 men – only 38 left a year later

  15. Jamestown • When residents were starving, some ran off to join the Indians • Gov. of Jamestown ordered return of men but men did not • Gov. ordered revenge on Indians • Soldiers killed 16 Indians, burned houses, ruined corn fields, took queen of tribe and children • Took them into boats, threw children overboard and shot them in the head • Queen was taken off and stabbed to death • 12 yrs later, Indians feared growing numbers of settlers and went on killing rampage: 347 men, women and children Total War

  16. Jamestown

  17. New Wave of Colonists • Came searching for religious freedom • Puritans = Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church • Separatists (Pilgrims) = those who wanted to set up their own churches • Only 35 of 102 Mayflower passengers were Pilgrims • Originally planned on settling in Virginia, but landed in Cape Cod • “Mayflower Compact” – set up representative govt.

  18. Pilgrims and Indians • What is Thanksgiving? • Thanksgiving Video

  19. Africa • Regions rich with natural resources – gold, copper, iron • By 1400, Portugal had set up trading posts on the west coast • Africans had long accompanied ships sailing to the New World, not necessarily as slaves

  20. Africans • First Africans (20) workers to Jamestown in 1619 • Perhaps brought more as indentured servants – not lifetime service • Up until 1640 – some Africans were free and owned property • By 1660, slavery was recognized in Virginian law • African slaves came by the shiploads

  21. Why Africans?.... • Why not poor whites, Native Americans, or other willing servants? • 1637 – very first American-made slave ship arrives in the colonies • Named Desire • Millions are to-be-slaves never make it to US • Disease • suicide

  22. Slavery and the Middle Passage

  23. Slavery in the US • Evolves to the most cruel form in the world • Even in South American and Caribbean Islands, Africans maintained certain aspects of their culture • Religion • Music • Language

  24. Colonial Rule • England views its North American colonies as economic resource • In order to profit, colonies need to export more than they import • Navigation Acts – ensures profits for England • Monopoly over all colonists goods • Colonists begin to smuggle goods • Magna Carta – English document that specifies limited government • Education important – Harvard (1636), William and Mary (1693) established

  25. Time Notebook“Numbers” pg115 • http://www.glencoe.com/cgi-bin/pdfServer.pl/sec/socialstudies/ose/aj2003/full/docs/chap04.pdf

  26. Additional Costs of Goods • http://www.espl.org/genealogy-research/cost-of-some-items-in-colonial-virginia.html

  27. French and Indian War • Map – pg 117 • American population growing – need more room to expand • French had good relationship with NA • Did not want their land, but fur trade • Often married NA women • Iroquois balanced the power by siding with the British

  28. French and Indian War • George Washington surveys the land in the Ohio River Valley • Assigned Liuetenant of 150 militia (1754) • Went to present day Pittsburgh – French already built a fort • Established a nearby fort – Fort Necessity • Washington tried to attack, but failed – returned to Virginia • Homework: Read Chapter 4-4 (121-125)

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