1. One region of North America where Native Americans lived was the Mississippi River Valley. Here, the Apalachee Indians resided growing maize and building a network of towns built around mounds. The Iroquois were a group that occupied the region between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Tired of fighting, they avoided violence and did not recognize chiefs. Another area with an Indian population was the Great Lakes, in which the Anishinaabe lived. They were remarkably social and used their network of water transportation to strengthen this bond brought on by their extensive mobility. 2. Native Americans are historically acclaimed for their ability to adapt to their environments. In the eastern woodlands, they constructed fires a few times a …show more content…
Primogeniture is a practice in which the eldest son inherits all of the father’s land, leaving the rest of their children with nothing. This forces most children to become a part of the roaming poor. Primogeniture would result in an ever-growing peasant population, increasing the gap between the 1st and lowest classes as the cycle continued with every generation. 5. Martin Luther criticized the Catholic Church for profiting through the tricks of pardoners, and called for citizens to read and follow the practices of the bible on their own terms. He translated it to German to ensure this was possible for all Germans. 6. The Protestant Reformation and religious conflict with the Catholic Church in Europe ultimately led to colonization in the Americas. The two believed the other was incorrect, so they strived to expand faster and more effectively than each other. The Catholics launched a Counter-Reformation, and sought to colonize to Americas and strengthen their view across the planet. 7. The Portuguese mariners crafted a triangular sail for their ship, in order to tack into the wind and effectively cross the rough waters off the north African coast. Because of this innovation, the Portuguese discovered the colonized Madeira and Azore islands, later reaching the sub-Saharan Leone, trading salt, wine, and fish in exchange for ivory and gold of …show more content…
Before Europeans got involved, slavery was very prominent in Africa. Often, one ruler would own multiple tribes of hereditary slaves, who were seized in raids. Slaves were also used in the trans-Saharan trade, many of whom would go on to be in domestic service or concubinage in North Africa, Egypt, and the Ottoman Empire. Europeans joined this practice when they discovered its immense value. They exploited and redirected the traditional slave trade already in place, creating trading posts where they could purchase both materials and people from African slave owners. 9. The Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs because of their advanced military and weaponry, along with the help of an enemy of the Aztecs. Some Aztecs also believed that Cortés was an emissary of their god, and some sources point to the Spanish being invited into the empire, where they were able to take over from the inside as the natives fell sick. Francisco Pizarro easily took over the already struggling Incas by killing
Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs for several very different reasons. In combination these reasons allowed him to have the upper hand in the conquest of Mexico. Arguably these reasons can be sorted into six different categories. The various causes for Cortes' success will be assessed in a climax pattern. To begin with the Aztecs had a harsh tribute system that was not popular among the people of Mexico. This cruel tribute system allowed Cortes to act as a liberator. Furthermore, with the Spanish brought several diseases into Mexico in witch they were immune to but the Aztecs were not. The spread of diseases such as small pox reduced the Aztec population and furthered Cortes' success unintentionally Also Marina was a tribal girl given as a gift to Cortes, she proved invaluable in translating local dialects in combination with Geronimo de Aguilar. Also an important aspect of his success was due to Montezuma's belief that Cortes was Quetzakoatl. A predominant reason for the Spanish success was due to their weaponry especially their armour and firepower. Perhaps the most important reason of all was that of Cortes' Indian allies such as the Tlaxcalans who made up the majority of his combined army. All these reasons worked together to allow Cortes, originally with 508 men to conquer the Aztec Empire of millions of people.
Indians lived all over America, in many different environments including the flatlands, the forests, the mountains, the deserts, the prairies, on the coast, and even in the arctic. All these Environments affected the different Indians in different ways, so that different Indians evolved over time.
People have been living in America for countless years, even before Europeans had discovered and populated it. These people, named Native Americans or American Indians, have a unique and singular culture and lifestyle unlike any other. Native Americans were divided into several groups or tribes. Each one tribe developed an own language, housing, clothing, and other cultural aspects. As we take a look into their society’s customs we can learn additional information about the lives of these indigenous people of the United States.
Though the Atlantic Slave Trade began in 1441, it wasn’t until nearly a century later that Europeans actually became interested in slave trading on the West African coast. “With no interest in conquering the interior, they concentrated their efforts to obtain human cargo along the West African coast. During the 1590s, the Dutch challenged the Portuguese monopoly to become the main slave trading nation (“Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade”, NA). Besides the trading of slaves, it was also during this time that political changes were being made. The Europe...
The Native Americans of the southeast live in a variety of environments. The environments range from the southern Appalachian Mountains, to the Mississippi River valley, to the Louisiana and Alabama swamps, and the Florida wetlands. These environments were bountiful with various species of plant and animal life, enabling the Native American peoples to flourish. “Most of the Native Americans adopted large-scale agriculture after 900 A.D, and some also developed large towns and highly centralized social and political structures.” In the first half of the 1600s Europeans encountered these native peoples. Both cultures encountered new plants, animals, and diseases. However, the Indians received more diseases compared to the few new diseases to the Europeans. The new diseases resulted in a massive loss of Native Americans, including the Southeast Indians which had never encountered the new diseases. Three of the main tribes in the southeast were the Cherokee and the Creek. They were part of a group of southeast tribes that were removed from their lands. These tribes later became known as “The Five Civilized Tribes because of their progress and achievements.”
Many of England’s problems could be solved in America, and so colonization began. When the earliest settlers came, England had the responsibility to continue the Protestant Church, and prevent the Catholic Church from converting the entire Native American population of North America (Morison, p.105) A potential Protestant refuge could be based there in the threat of civil wars or a change of religion.
The objective of this article is to inform the reader about the Apalachee Indians interaction with the French, English, and Spanish forces, as well to show the lifestyle of the Apalachee Indians, in which he uses mainly primary resources for his article. One of the many conflicts stated in this article started with the Spanish disapproval of some of the Apalachee customs like “Tribal dancing featuring scalps taken in raids” (Covington, 1972) and also the act of scalping were outlawed by the village council, in which causes a revolt that turned out unsuccessful for the Indians. Therefor the Spanish punishes all the Apalachee men as well all the ones that were loyal to the Spanish by forcing them to contribute in labor which “was hard work
Lastly, Martin Luther affected society by translating the Bible into German and writing numerous essays. Martin Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible into German. He translated the Bible into German of his native descent. He made the Bible everyone’s book and was used in various places, such as, school, church, and their homes. He was one of the greatest contributors of the German language and
The southwest Native Americans had a very harsh climate, and environment. First off, they lived in Southwestern America, and Northern Mexico, In states such as Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, (next to the Rocky Mountains). It was a dry and hot climate, usually about 100°F. with ~1-2 inches of rain per year. There were mountains, plateaus, valleys, canyons, and mountains. There was little to no game so hunting was not an option. The soil was not very fertile, and there was little water due to the lack of rivers, which made farming hard. There were almost no forest to live in but the forests that were there were usually inhabited. I claim that living in Southwest America is hard. The Southwest Native Americans
One reason that Spain was so important was that they conquered multiple empires within the Americas. The Aztecs were one of the largest empires in the American continents. However, through use of multiple deceiving tactics, Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés was able to massacre groups of Aztecs and invade the capital of Tenochtitlan. The Spanish also conquered the Inca Empire. Francisco Pizarro tried to peacefully convince them to go under Spain, but failed. A civil war was created after,
Native American cultures reflected their physical environments by what was readily available to them. For example, the wooded lands the east provided led to a denser population due to the increase of animals. The barren, drier lands the west provided led to a lighter population (Native Americans Part 1 PowerPoint, Slide #52). Also, the teepees they constructed reflected their nomadic lifestyle and culture. I think some Native American societies formed large-scale societies while most did not because of the sources that were available to them. Also, in the 1600 and 1700’s land wasn't available for Native Americans to have large societies. When the European settlers arrived they slowly began pushing Native Americans out of their land creating
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade involved many regions such as America, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. In addition, it was in the first examples of globalization. By the 15th century, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade began with Portuguese’s exploration of the coast of the West Africa to reach the reserves of gold. Initially, a small amount of African people were captured to become a slave but after the developments of the agriculture in the Caribbean colonies and American mainland, captured Africans begin to grow. During the 16th through 19th century, most European colonies in America required enslaved African labor to survive and develop their economy because European laborers did not suitable for climate and they dealt with tropic diseases, even some of them died from diseases which came from Europe.
The Native Americans were often grouped by tribes or nations. Currently, there are 24 nations and well over 1000 tribes within America. The Native Americans are grouped based on their language and religion. The Native Americans also had tribes with different political views. They were said to have one of the best political systems until the white man came along. Among the several regions of Native American tribes, there is the Eastern Woodlands.
Before contact, there were an estimated 60 million Native Americans on the continents of North and South America. In Mesoamerica and the Andes, empires that are comparable to the greatest civilizations in world history arose and ruled over millions of people. There were also hunters and gatherers that were organized into smaller kin-based clans. In between these two extremes there were also semi sedentary societies that planted and tended crops in the summer and spring, fished, hunted, made war, and conducted trade.Throughout many tribes, especially the eastern woodlands, women tended crops, gathered plants, and oversaw affairs within the community, while men hunted, fished, and participated in warfare. Many Native American tribes were matriarchal,
1. The environment has played a large part in shaping how the Native Americans came to the Americas and how they lived there. To begin with, the Ice Age, which began around 2 million years ago, revealed a land bridge connecting Asia to North America, on which hunter gathers began to cross. Once the land bridge was submerged, about 10,000 years ago, the initial peoples of the Americas were able to move southward, eventually peopling all of the Americas. Secondly, the importance of the Native American’s environment heavily influenced their manipulation of their lands and their treatment of its resources. The Native Americans revered the physical world and endowed nature with spiritual properties. This in time led the Europeans to believe these