north america before columbus
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North America Before Columbus. Native Americans. Traditional History vs. New History. Traditional history = White men, fleeing from rigid customs, social hierarchies, and the constrained resources of Europe to a land of opportunity. Old History vs. New History. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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North America Before ColumbusNative Americans
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• Traditional history = White men, fleeing from rigid customs, social hierarchies, and the constrained resources of Europe to a land of opportunity
Traditional History vs. New History
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Old History vs. New History• New history = Many colonists failed to
prosper due to disease, crop problems, predators, and hostile Native Americans; those who did do well did so at the expense of Indians, indentured servants, and slaves
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Go West?• Not all of America was the English going
west• Spanish were heading north from Mexico• Russians coming east from Siberia• French coming south through the Great
Lakes and down the Mississippi River
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We cannot simply say there were Europeans, Africans, and Indians converging together because it was far more complex than that.
When thrown together in the New World, each had to find a new commonality to aid in their survival in the new world.
All three groups—Europeans, Africans, & Indians were in a flux when they encountered each other in the colonies.
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Settlement
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Paleo-IndiansHunters, Gatherers, Small tribal communities, simple tools and weapons.
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Archaic IndiansStill hunting and gathering, use of fire, more permanent settlements. Still using simple tools and weapons
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Agriculture• Agriculture evolved over generations from the
practices of gathering wild plants• Indians developed hybrids of increasing reliability
and productivity• They developed the three great crops of North
Americans agriculture: maize, squash, and beans• As plants became more important in their diet,
less time was devoted to hunting, gathering, and fishing.
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Hohokam & Anasazi
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Hohokam
Complex Civilization in Southwest USA.-Organized irrigation system-Built group dwellings in cliffs and canyons-Prodigious Farmers-Highly Advanced
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Anasazi
-Southwest America-Built pueblo style houses-Great pottery
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Mound Builders
-Constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes.-Cahokia Indians (near Collinvsville IL)
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Indians in America
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Beliefs
• Indians had a more complex understanding of the interdependent relationship between the natural and the supernatural.
• Indians believed that they lived within a contentious world of spiritual power that sometimes demanded human restraint and at other times offered opportunities for exploitation.
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Native Population in the Americas in 1491
• Difficult to estimate because of wide spread populations
• By 1990s, scholars estimate between 50-100 million natives
• In North America, estimates are 9-20 million (Dobyns, 1983)
• Biggest Empires were Aztecs in Mexico (15 million) and Inca in S. American (6 million).
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Population in Europe• About 60 million• Farmland was worn out• Grazing land was worn out• Forests were torn down• Major domesticated animals in Europe in
1491: horse, cow, pig, sheep, goat, chicken, camel, oxen, cat, dog
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Columbian Exchange• The Columbian Exchange was a widespread exchange of animals, plants,
culture, human populations (including African Slaves), disease (smallpox, measles), and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Columbus in 1492.
• Estimated population of Europe in 1492: about 60 million• Estimated population of the Americas in 1492: 50-100 million
• Estimated population of Europe in 1800: 150 million• Estimated population of the Americas in 1800: 25 million (the vast majority of
whom were of European or African descent
WHY?