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Unit One Colonization

Unit One Colonization. Unit Essential Question. How did European colonization of North America play a part in the founding of the United States?. Target A: Early Colonization.

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Unit One Colonization

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  1. Unit OneColonization

  2. Unit Essential Question • How did European colonization of North America play a part in the founding of the United States?

  3. Target A: Early Colonization • Compare/ Contrast British, French, Spanish, and Dutch struggles to establish colonies and their relationships with Native populations.

  4. Target B: English Colonies • Describe the characteristics of New England, Middle, and Southern colonies including the use of slave and indentured servant labor and the impact of key colonial figures.

  5. Target C: French and Indian War • Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French and Indian War.

  6. VOCABULARY

  7. Colonization • Extension of political and economic control over an area and the native population.

  8. Westward Expansion • The desire of Americans to look to the western frontier and expand the country.

  9. Cash Crops • A crop that is considered easily marketable, such as wheat or cotton as opposed to one that has to be nurtured, such as cattle.

  10. Treaty of Paris • 1763 Treaty that officially ended the French and Indian War.

  11. Subsistence Farming • Farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.

  12. Colonial Competition • Competition between the Colonial Powers to expand the wealth and size of their empires.

  13. Slave • A person who is owned by another as the property of a person or household.

  14. Indentured Servant • A person who is owned by another a person to be contracted to work for a specified time, in exchange for learning a trade or passage to a colony.

  15. Bering Land Bridge Migration of early humans to the Americas

  16. Schaefer Mammoth Mammoth fossil discovered in Kenosha, WI that had clear evidence of cut marks . Dates to 12,590 years ago. The oldest definite date of human existence in North America.

  17. Great American Empires AZTEC: Ruled much of the region from the 1400s until the Spanish arrived in 1519. MAYA: Ruled from 2000 BC and continued to have a strong presence in Mesoamerica for over 3000 years until the Spanish arrived in 1519 AD. INCA: Ruled over much of the west coast of South America from the 1400s to the time of the Spanish arrival in 1532.

  18. AZTEC

  19. MAYA

  20. INCA

  21. Cahokia Mississippian Indian Civilization which ruled from 700 to 1400. Cahokia's population at its peak was one of the greatest cities of the world. Cahokia was larger than London was in AD 1250 and its population would not be surpassed by any city in the United States until the late 18th century.

  22. Anasazi

  23. Pacific Northwest

  24. Northeast

  25. Plains

  26. Tocobaga Indian Homeland The Tocobaga Indians lived in small villages at the northern end of Tampa Bay from 900 to the 1500s..

  27. Tocobaga Indian Decline Disease (smallpox) Attacks by displaced northern tribes Attacks by Spanish Attacks from British Troops

  28. Assignment – Tocobaga What would your life be like today if the Tocobaga Indians still lived in the Tampa area? Would you live here today? How would the state of Florida be different? One full page – due end of class

  29. The Age of Empires West African Empires • Europeans traded guns and metal objects for slaves

  30. Why the Americas?

  31. Map of Europe circa 1600

  32. Portuguese Empire 1415-1900

  33. Portuguese Empire 1415-1900 Wanted Indian Slaves Wanted Gold Wanted Ivory

  34. Spanish Empire 1500 - 1700

  35. Spanish Empire 1600 - 1700 Wanted Indian Slaves Wanted Gold Wanted Spices

  36. French Empire 1600 - 1700

  37. French Empire 1600 - 1700 Wanted to trade with Indians Wanted Fur Wanted Spices Wanted Sugar

  38. Dutch Empire 1600 - 1700

  39. Dutch Empire 1600 - 1700 Wanted Indian Slaves Wanted Silver Wanted Spices

  40. British Empire 1600 - 1700

  41. British Empire 1600 - 1700 Wanted to Displace Indians Wanted religious freedom Wanted Lumber Wanted Tobacco Wanted Sugar for their tea Wanted Spices Wanted Whale Oil Wanted Cotton

  42. Discovery of America • Viking Discovery of Vinland by Leif Erikson @ 1000 AD

  43. Discovery of America • Chinese Admiral Zheng He?

  44. Discovery of America • Amerigo Vespucci was responsible for naming America • Vespucci made two voyages between 1499 and 1502 and possibly a third one in 1503. During his first voyage he explored the northern coast of South America to well beyond the mouth of the Amazon 1507 Waldesmuller Map showing “Amerigo’s Land”

  45. Christopher Columbus

  46. Christopher Columbus • Experienced Sailor • Formed a plan to sail to the Indies by sailing west

  47. Christopher Columbus • Experienced Sailor • Formed a plan to sail to the Indies by sailing west • Convinced the King and Queen of Spain to sponsor a voyage to the Indies • Christian conversions • Slaves • New land for the Spanish Empire

  48. Christopher Columbus • Experienced Sailor • Formed a plan to sail to the Indies by sailing west • Convinced the King and Queen of Spain to sponsor a voyage to the Indies • Was given three ships and crews Santa Maria Nina Pinta

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