American History1

B. Native-American society: closely tied to the land. C. Their life: essentially clan – oriented and communal. D. Native-American culture: primarily oral, the recounting of tales and dreams. E. Clearly, there was a good deal of trade among various groups.
"MONKS MOUND" : A PLATFORM MOUND THAT MEASURES 103 FEET HIGH.
The Anasazi: ancestors of the modern Hopi Indians, stone and adobe pueblos around the year 900 along cliff faces.
Teaching contents:
13 chapters: Chapter 1: Early America Chapter 2: The colonial period Chapter 3: The road to independence Chapter 4: The formation of a national government Chapter 5: Westward expansion and regional differences
cattle, and hogs to the Americas and, in turn, took back to Europe maize, potatoes, tobacco, beans, squash, and slave natives.
Spanish colonization
In 1513 The first of these explorations took place when a group of men under Juan Ponce de León landed on the Florida coast near the present city of St. Augustine. In 1539 Hernando De Soto's expedition landed in Florida and ranged through the southeastern United States as far as the Mississippi River in search of riches. In 1540 Another Spaniard, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, set out from Mexico in search of the mythical Seven Cities of Cibola.
American History
Yang Yan
Class requirements:
Class attendance Class performance
Goals of the course:
“America is a nation with an abundance of geography but a shortage of history.” Historical in approach Extensive in scope With a historical dimension Achieve a broad perspective on American social and cultural issues
1.4 THE FIRST EUROPEANS
The first Europeans: Norse, traveling west from Greenland around the year 985. Norse sagas: Viking sailors
The strange, untidy and mysterious American landscape Wild, vast and grand continent. Far from an empty wilderness
Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 – 1506) his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. He initiated the process of Spanish colonization which foreshadowed general European colonization of the "New World". The term pre-Columbian is usually used to refer to the peoples and cultures of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus and his European successors
The leader of the Spanish forces, Pedro Menéndez, establish a town not far away – St. Augustine. It was the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States.
Teaching materials: Outline of American history (taken from the U.S. Department of State publication www.humanitiesweb) Outline of U.S. history (www. )
Mound: mound prehistoric earthwork erected over a burial place as a memorial or landmark, a defensive embankment, or a site for ceremonial or religious rites. in the shape of birds or serpents
Estimates of the number of Native Americans: from two to 18 milБайду номын сангаасion at the onset of European colonization
A precipitous decline
Christopher Columbus
1.1 THE FIRST AMERICANS
between 30,000 and 14,000 B.C. Beringia: a land bridge, between Asia and North America The first residents followed game along the Siberian coast and then went across the land bridge, arrived in Alaska. Cave men of Asia Nomadic tribes of huntergatherers to sedentary and agriculture civilization
Chapter 6: Sectional conflict Chapter 7: Growth and transformation Chapter 8: Discontent and reform Chapter 9: War, prosperity and depression Chapter 10: The new deal and world war Chapter 11: Post-war America Chapter 12: Decades of change Chapter 13: Bridge to the 21st century
Early settlement
The early 1600s saw the beginning of a great tide of emigration from Europe to North America. In the 16th century, Europeans brought horses,
the "cliff palace" of Mesa Verde, Colorado,
1.3 NATIVE-AMERICAN CULTURES
A. Indian customs and culture: extraordinarily diverse. Most tribes, particularly in the wooded eastern region and the Midwest, combined aspects of hunting, gathering, and the cultivation of maize and other products for their food supplies. In many cases, the women were responsible for farming and the distribution of food, while the men hunted and participated in war.
Indian chiefs
Indian women
1.2 MOUND BUILDERS AND PUEBLOS
Mound builders: name given to those people who built mounds for burial, residential and ceremonial purposes. in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mts.
the Adenans: Ohio and nearby states the Hopewellians: from Illinois to Ohio the Mississippians or Temple Mound culture.
Cahokia : in Illinois, 80 mounds
Chapter 1 Early America: Arrival of Native Americans and
Europeans

The First Americans Mound Builders and Pueblos Native American Cultures The First Europeans Early Settlements Jamestown Massachusetts New Netherland and Maryland Colonial-Indian Relations Second Generation of British Colonies Settlers, Slaves and Servants