Pre-Contact North Carolina

• __________– people native to an area• ________BC – people arrive in North

America• 3 early Native American cultures• A. _____-Indian - Nomads• B. ________ – Hunter-Gatherers• C. Woodland/______________ –

Hunter/Farmers

West Africa

• Societies were similar to North America• Carried on most of their trade with Europe and

Asia• Became the center of the world’s ______ trade• Slaves• A. ___ ____________• B. ___________• C. People ___________ from other tribes

Europe• ______ _____ – 500 to 1500 A.D. – widespread

starvation, ______, disease, and ______ in Europe• The ___________ – the rebirth of _________, art,

and __________• _____________ becomes main religion of Europe• _________ – brought Europe into contact with

Asia, Europeans gained desire for Asian ______ ______ _____ traveled from Italy to China in

____; wrote book about adventures; made people want to travel

• New technologies – _____, sails, _______, guns• Expanding ___________ – needed more space

• Trade increased – merchants wanted access to Asia – ______, ____, porcelain

• Three G’s—in this order• 1. ____ *any riches (gold, silver, resources)

Most important to most explorers• 2. ___ *to convert natives• 3. _____ *to make a name for themselves• Main trade route was called the ____ ____ – long

and dangerous land route• ________ – led European exploration for water

route to Asia – Vasco da Gama• ________ – small, fast ships good for exploring

Christopher Columbus

• First European explorers to reach the Americas were _______ – ____ _________ – Canada – around 1000 A.D.

• _________ _________ – Italian sailor working for Spain – looking for Western water route to Asia

• ____ – 3 ships, 90 men – landed in Caribbean on the island of San Salvador, encountered the _____ tribe

• Columbus makes _ more trips to the New World • _____ is first European country to permanently _________

the New World• _____________ - first spanish conqueror (____________)• Conquered the ________ in ______.

Other Explorers

• _______ ________ – 1st European to find the __________ of the Americas – 1499, 1502

• _________ __ _________ – 1st European to reach North Carolina – _____

• French – _______• _______ – ________ coast of North America• ________ – Central and South America

Roanoke Voyages

• English made _ voyages to the _____ _____ of North Carolina (1584, 1585, 1587); organized by ___ ______ _______ (NC capital named for him)

• 1st voyage—led by Arthur _______ and Philip ______ - landed at ________ - named land ________ for Queen __________ (the Virgin Queen) – two local Indians (_______ and __________) came back to England with them

• 2nd voyage—led by Richard ________ and Ralph ____ - found ____________ Bay, attempted to create military settlement – mostly soldiers who spent their time looking for gold – relied on the ________ to feed them

• ended in violence with local natives, colony was abandoned

• 3rd voyage—The ____ _______ – settled on ________ Island—a colony of men, women, and children led by ____ ______ – ________ _____ – 1st English child born in the New World

• lacked supplies and food – White returns to _______, but cannot return for _____ years – Entire colony is gone when he comes back – No one knows what happened to them.

Jamestown• 1st _________ _____ settlement – Virginia in

____

• ____ _____ (military leader), John _____ (tobacco), ___________ (married Rolfe, not Smith)

• Colony almost did not survive – bad location

• 1608 – _________ ____

• _____ (a big year): House of Burgesses (1st representative assembly), English _____ arrive, 1st ________ brought as Indentured Servants