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| Why did Europeans go to North America |
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15th century: many Europeans travelled the world. The vikings tried to go to iceland and Christinize the eskimos. Settlements were not permanent because the indiginous did not want to be changed and resources were going scarce.
16th century: many negatted the world, since they though that boats would sail off the earth. Leaders began to want to enhance their power by colonization and control natural resources (like gold and silver). |
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| How did Native Americans come here? |
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| 20,000 years ago climate (glaciers) were covering a lot of the world and ice bridges formed connecting Syberia to Alaska. Napolean Indians were the first to step foot on North America. These people crossed this bridge to help with survival. Wars, better climate, getting away from diseases or just exploring may have been motives for coming to North America. |
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| What were the native American beliefs and values? |
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Most practiced Animism: all living things had a spirit, a power, ad strength. Humans were only one aspect of life on earth. Native Americans did kill animals but had a respect and kept a balance. There were tribes including a nuclear and extended families which had chiefs and other leaders.
No one owned anything. They wondered and followed nature. 12,000 years ago global waarming started which allowed people to move around more and allowed some people to stay in one place and become famrers of corn (maze) |
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| How did they affect the development of North America? |
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| Columbus discovered an old world with millions in tribes, which was new for Europe |
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| What were the European beliefs and values? |
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| Europeans wanted to control the most land so they could make money and own things. They travelled in nuclear families where the man was the leader. Values (christianity) could spread through the world |
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| Cortez of Spain in 1519. Spain tried to christianize the Aztecs but the Aztecs would not give up their Day of the Dead (which Christians adopted as All Saints Day) |
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| Who takes over Incas in Peru |
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| Who took over eastern Canada (Montreal) |
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| Why did African come to North America? |
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1492-1770 more Africans came to America than Europeans.
1500-1870 slave trade. |
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| How did Africans come to North America? |
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| The Africans came to North America by ship in slave trade. Many Africans died because they were chained and not fed. once there, they were auctioned off |
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| What were the African beliefs and values before coming to America? |
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| Africans were farmers and fishermen in tribes. Tribes included family and more. Knowledge of the outside world were not known in West Africa. They practiced Animism (like the Native Americans) and believed in in the important and respected all living things. Females cared for the children and males went out and hunted |
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| What were the African beliefs and values after coming to North America? |
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RELIGION: In order to cope, christian religeon and going to church every Sunday gave them strength
FAMILY: families tried to stay together but, many times, family members were sold which broke up te family. So Africans considered friends as their family, since family by blood wasn't possible
SOLIDARITY: working alone was harder, so great support came by friendships made during work |
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| Who settled in North Carolina? |
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1. Viginia 1607
2. New amsterdam (New York) 1613
3. Plymoth 1620
4. New Hampshire 1623
5. Massachusetted 1623
6. Maryland 1634
7. Connecticut 1635
8. Rhode Island 1636
9. New Sweden (Deleware) 1638
10. North Carolina 1663
11. South Carolina 1663
12. New Jersey 1664
13. Pennysylvania 1681
14. Georgia 1733 |
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| 1676 "Bacon's Rebellion" between west settlers and William Berkely |
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John Winthrop led the puritans to Massachusetts created a sef-governing colony. Education for males and females was important. Strict laws were set to follow the puritain faith.
Ex) Sunday was a holiday and the only thing you could do is eat and go to church, anything else would be fined (no gardening, no public display of affection) |
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1655, Dutch, Peter Minuit.
1664, Duke of York took it over from the Dutch, England |
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-health: small pox, malyoriua were commpn. many had dental problem (by the end of their lives 0-3 teeth would be left)
-leeches were believed to cure ilnesses
-medicine was not reliable |
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-food: corn and local animal/fish. Salt preserved some food, but most food would spoil quickly
-drinks: tea, ale, and apple cider |
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-copied the homes of Native Americans: wood and arched roofs
-glass was expensive so they stretched animal intestines to make blinds |
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| -Clothing carried many parasites since washing was rare (especially in the winter when the river would turn to ice) |
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-child birth killed many women
-common to be born with bolded legs (crippled) |
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1. "The War of Tenkin's Ear" King Williams War (1689-1697)
2. Quenn Anne's War (1702-1713)
3. King George's War (1743- 1748) |
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| French King James II has 2 adult daughters and a young son James Francis who will become King. Grance does not want that and want the daughter Mary and her Dutch husband William to the throne. They start to harrass colonial farms and New England fishermen.. |
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| king lue the 14th wants his grandson to the throne and harased colonies. Briish kept Port Royale and Nova Scotia. French get Loisianna |
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| "The war of Tenkin's Ear" |
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Great Britain goes to war with Spain. Since Spain was charging fees to sail international waers. Robert Genkins (Vritish) did not pay so the Spanish cut off his ear and sent it to England
-English wants free travel
-Eglish capture 500 men |
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| New England go against go against French Lewisberg. French commander surrenders. |
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| Taxes without representation: |
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1. sugar act 1763
2. stamp act 1765
3. quarterung act 1769
4. neclatory act 1766
5. towns' end act 1767
6. tea act 1773
7. intolerate act 1774 |
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1. battle of bunker hill (june 17, 1775): colonial fighters used gorilla warfare
2. colonial invasion of canada (fall 1775)
3. thomas paine's common sense (january 1776)
4. declaration of independence (july 1776) |
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