Alan Taylor The American Revolution Summary

Alan Taylor is trying to prove that the story of America does not begin with the American Revolution. When, humans first encountered America between 12, 000- 15,000 years is where the story of American first starts. Alan Taylor's thesis is true because, prior to the American Revolution the Siberians arrived in America and settled from the tip of South America to as high as Alaska. Later European empires invaded and conquered several regions of America. Alan Taylor proves that the settlement of America does not begin in the 1492 but rather about 12,000 to 15,000 years earlier. The early Americans migrated from North Eastern Asia and entered in small boats along the coast. Some other hypothesis is that the earliest humans walked along a land

bridge into North America, which linked Siberia to Present Day Alaska. What motivated these early migrants to move, the moving herds and the significantly lowered sea levels due to the Quaternary Ice Age. Theses Paleo-Indians were also classified as hunters and gatherers meaning all of their food sources is collected by collecting wild plant and hunting wild animals. Over time, their descendants expanded southward and eastward upon North and South America. Paleo-Indians or early human inhabitants hunted and gathered in small groups. Due to an abundant diet, the population grew very quickly.

The small environment no longer had enough resources to sustain such a large population which motivated them to subdivide and move on. They expanded southward and eastward. They developed seasonal rounds of activity and movement. Climate change expanded the temperate forest throughout North America allowing them to become more familiar with their land. Early Americans. Soon the domestication of plants and animals established. They developed different cultures traditions diets and languages. During the late fifteenth century, Europeans developed the navigational technology and ambitions which allowed them to explore and conquer the world's seas. The Atlantic Ocean once a barrier became a bridge to vast lands and people. The Europeans traveled to the West Indies and India by traveling around Africa. The new discoveries transformed Europe into one of the most dominant continents. European Christians first felt surrounded by their Muslim neighbors. The Muslims were more a more powerful religion extended to North Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. The Europeans Christians got an opportunity to break out of the Muslim world and spread their beliefs to the newly discovered world and search for the trade riches such as gold, silks, and

spices. The Spanish motivation for colonial expansion included trade and the spread of the Catholic faith with native conversion. Christopher Columbus’ voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. After traveling to the Canaries and, the Bahama islands, Columbus returned to home with reports of land closer to Asia. Soon after t Beginning with Christopher Columbus in 1492, after wave of conquistadors decreased the native populations; with the help of military advantage and infectious diseases. As a result, the pre-Columbian civilizations such as the Aztecs, Mayans, and, Incans were defeated. The Spanish colonization expanded across the Caribbean Islands, half of South America, most of Central America, including present-day Mexico and Florida.