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Unit 2: United States and Canada

Migration and creating a nation. Unit 2: United States and Canada. Review: Migration. Oldest known Americans in Louisiana date to the Paleolithic period “ Paleo ” means ancient or old Came around 10000 BC (Before the death of Christ) by way of Berignia from Asian countries.

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Unit 2: United States and Canada

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  1. Migration and creating a nation Unit 2: United States and Canada

  2. Review: Migration Oldest known Americans in Louisiana date to the Paleolithic period “Paleo” means ancient or old Came around 10000 BC (Before the death of Christ) by way of Berigniafrom Asian countries. Nomadic people that used Mastadons as a source of food, clothing, and shelters that could easily be taken down and relocated.

  3. How the first Americans got here The Land Bridge Theory has been widely accepted since the 1930’s. This model of migration proposes that people wandered from Siberia into Alaska, tracking big game animal herds. They were able to cross between the two continents by a land bridge called the Bering Land Bridge (Berignia), which spanned what is now the Bering Strait. An exposed land bridge that was at least 1,000 miles wide existed between Siberia and the western coast of Alaska. From the archaeological evidence gathered, it was concluded that this culture of big game hunters crossed the Bering Strait around 12,000 years ago.

  4. Creating a Nation: What is so great about us The US occupies 2/5 of the North American Continent 3rd largest country in area and population It is it’s rich natural resources , moderate climate, fertile soil and plentiful water that has attracted immigrants

  5. Settling the land: Nomads to Europeans First immigrants came by way of the Bering Land Bridge Spread along the Pacific and east to the Atlantic coast Inhabited undisturbed until the 15th century EURO PEANS

  6. Settling the land: Nomads to Europeans • Europeans began to explore the “New World” • Spain 1st • Searched the Southeast and Southwest for gold • 1565, founded St. Augustine, FL • Oldest permanent European settlement in the United States

  7. Settling the land: Nomads to Europeans • French • Came searching for riches in fur trading and fisheries • First settlement was in South Eastern Canada • Acadia (Nova Scotia) • Other settlements were along the St. Lawrence River and along the Northern coast of the US

  8. Settling the land: Nomads to Europeans • English • Arrived in the 1600-1700’s • Settled to the South on rivers and bays along the Atlantic coast (Maine to Georgia) • First Permenant settlement Jamestown Virginia (1607)

  9. Settling the land: Nomads to Europeans • Europeans moved in…Native Americans moved away • 1617 Europeans began to transport Africans to work as slave laborers on cotton and tobacco plantations in the Mid Atlantic states • About 600,000 total were brought to the US

  10. Columbian Exchange • The plants, animals and disease transfer between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres • Starting with the first voyage of Christopher Columbus

  11. The 1800’s Brought rapid growth after the Revolutionary War Westward Expansion-the push west towards and beyond the Mississippi River. Louisiana Purchase-1803 purchase of land from France that doubled the size of the United states for $15 million

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