U.S. History Outline
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2. settled in different areas
B. American Indian empires in Mesoamerica, the Southwest, and the Mississippi Valley
1. cultivated crops
2. aztecs incans mayans- mesoamerica
3. pueblo- southwest
4. mississippians moundbuilders- mississippi valley
C. American Indian cultures of North America at the time of European contact
1. highly diverse cultures depending on where they were from
2. hundreds of different languages
2. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings, 1492-1690
A. First European contacts with Native Americans
1. columbus arrived and found the indians to be friendly and submissive
2. sometimes violent, although the indian weapons were no match for the european weapons
3. europeans brought disease
B. Spain's empire in North America
1. the spanish arrived in meso america where they destroyed and enslaved the people
2. and converted them to christianity while moving up the west coast
C. French colonization of Canada
1. the french and indians were friendly together because french needed them for fur trade
2. they also tried to convert the natives to catholocism
D. English settlement of New England, the Mid-Atlantic region, and the South
1. the english in new england stayed away from the indians, mainly. In their little villages
E. From servitude to slavery in the Chesapeake region
1. the natives were used as slaves
F. Religious diversity in the American colonies
1. the diversity of religion had people only trading with their own religion
G. Resistance to colonial authority: Bacon's Rebellion, the Glorious Revolution, and the Pueblo Revolt
1. bacons rebellion- nathianel bacon had a revolt againstgoverner of va. For more resistance against indian attack
2. glorious revolution- new englanders rebeled against sir edmund andros
3. in santa fe th epueblo indians rebeled against the spanish
3. Colonial North...
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