Transcript North American Native American Settlement

North American Native American Settlement
The United States had
been settled by many distinct
Native American tribes prior to
European colonization. Evidence
shows that the tribes inhabited
each of the regions that are part
of the current United States.
It is believed that the
continent's original inhabitants
arrived between 10,000 and
20,000 years ago, after crossing
a "land bridge" between Asia
and North America.
They settled in a
different manner than later
colonists in that rarely did they
settle in permanent grounds.
While some set up long standing
establishments, most lived in a
semi-nomadic manner where the
tribe would move according to
the season and availability of
food and would return to places
of past habitation. Their
lifestyles varied greatly.
1.
Summarize the information to the left
into a single, meaningful paragraph that
includes AT LEAST 3 specific details.
2.
Map activity: How many distinct tribes
do you see? List the ones that you
recognize by name.
Life for North American Indians began to
change with the arrival of Europeans. While
explorers from other regions of the world
likely landed in North America earlier, it was
Christopher Columbus' voyage to the "New
World" in 1492 that signaled the true
beginning of European colonization of the
continent. European colonies existed in North
America from the end of the 15th century
(1400s) until the 19th century (1800s) ... a
period of more than 300 years.
Europeans were interested in colonizing North
America for a variety of reasons: to acquire
fabulous riches like gold and silver, to escape
poverty, to find religious freedom, to convert
Native Americans to Christianity, or simply to
find adventure and new opportunities. Soon
after they arrived, the European colonists
began to import enslaved Africans.
Although European colonies existed in several
of the regions of North America, many areas
were largely uninhabited by Europeans and
remained home to Native American tribes for
many years while colonies developed
European Colonial Introduction
3. Summarize the information to the left
into a single, meaningful paragraph
that includes AT LEAST 3 specific
details.
4. Map activity: How many European
colonies were involved in the
colonization of the Americas? List
the 3 that appear to have claimed the
most territory.
During the period from the mid-16th
century (1500s) to the 19th century
(1800s), the Spanish controlled large areas
of the modern-day Southwest and West
Coast of the United States.
Florida was originally colonized by
the Spanish and includes St. Augustine, the
oldest permanent European colony in North
America.
The Spanish also controlled large
areas in the modern-day states
of Texas,California, and New Mexico. They
established a network of military and
religious outposts across these territories,
which were often named after Roman
Catholic saints. The word for saint in
Spanish is "san" or "santa." Many modernday cities in these states — San Francisco,
Santa Cruz, and and San Antonio — can
trace their origins to Spanish colonists.
After the Treaty of Paris at the
end of the French and Indian War (1763),
the Spanish also laid claim to the large
French colony known as Louisiana, which
encompassed the modern-day states
of Louisiana, Arkansas,Oklahoma, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska,Iowa, Minnesota, N & S
Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado,
and Idaho. Few Spanish colonists lived in
these areas, which were primarily inhabited
by Indian tribes. In 1800, France regained
Louisiana from the Spanish.
Spanish Colonies
5. Summarize the information to the
left
into a single, meaningful paragraph that
includes AT LEAST 3 specific details.
6. Map activity: Identify 10 current states
that Spain DID NOT have a claim on.
In 1609, English explorer Henry
Hudson, searching for a passage to the
Indies on behalf of the Dutch East India
Company, sailed up the river later
named for him — the Hudson. He
claimed the land on either side of the
river for the Dutch, who began
colonizing the territory they named New
Netherland. In 1624, the Dutch
established their first permanent
settlement, Fort Orange, on the site of
present-day Albany, New York.
The Dutch founded New Amsterdam at
the mouth of the Hudson River, on the
southern end of Manhattan island
(present-day New York City), and in
1626, traded for the entire island from
the local Indians. Other Dutch
settlements in New Netherland included
forts in New Jersey and at the present
site of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
In 1664, New Amsterdam's governor,
Peter Stuyvesant, surrendered the
colony to the English colonel Richard
Nicolls, who renamed it New York for his
patron, the Duke of York.
Dutch Colonies
7. Summarize the information to the left
into a single, meaningful paragraph that
includes AT LEAST 3 specific details.
8. Map activity: What does this map
demonstrate about the effect that
geographic features can have on
colonial development?
The French established their first colonies in
North America in the 17th century (1600s),
many in modern-day Canada. They were
primarily designed to produce and provide
goods such as furs and sugar for export.
The French established forts, trading
posts, and settlements in the areas
surrounding the Great Lakes and up and down
the Mississippi River, including the huge colony
of Louisiana. The territory encompassed the
modern-day states of Louisiana, Kansas,
Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Arkansas, Oklaho
ma, Missouri, the Dakotas, Wyoming,
Montana, Colorado, and Idaho. The region was
named after the French King Louis XIV. Its
capital, New Orleans, at the mouth of the
Mississippi River, was founded in 1718.
After the Treaty of Paris at the end
of the French and Indian War (1763), the
French surrendered Louisiana to the Spanish.
They regained control of the colony in 1800,
and three years later, Napoleon sold it to the
young United States. This sale, which ignored
the Indian tribes who inhabited the land,
became known as the Louisiana Purchase.
French forts and trading posts were
built at the sites of what later became wellknown American cities, such as Baton
Rouge, Louisiana; Detroit,Michigan;
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Natchez and
Biloxi, Mississippi.
French Colonies
9. Summarize the information to the left
into a single, meaningful paragraph that
includes AT LEAST 3 specific details.
10. Map Activity: Looking at the area of
the Louisiana Purchase, what do you
think the USA would have become if
Napoleon didn’t sell the land?