When People Came To America Summary
No one knows exactly when people came to the Americas- maybe 40,000 years ago- walk from Asia to Alaska- world’s oceans low/ land bridge. Beringia
Separate waves of migrants different times- settled different regions from Artic Circle to South America distinct language and customs
1400’s 8 to 10 million people lived in the U. S. (map pg. 16)
West Africans pg. 29
Morocco= north Congo River in the south of the forest kingdoms Benin
Guinea= great kingdoms well organized
Societies= farming trade art work
Beyond the coastal forests in the grasslands south of the Sahara lay Songhai- empire in the 1400s one of the largest in the world
Banking system- universities- well run gov. major religion Islam
While Europeans prized land Africans …show more content…
- raided Spanish fleets
By 1580s- England had a permanent position in the Americas- wanted a base for raids and further exploration
1587- 31 yr. old Sir Walter Raleigh financed the establishment of a base in Roanoke Island - island outer banks of North Carolina
Settlers vanished completely- no one knows why
Relief expedition in 1590 found only empty building- doorpost was carved with the only clue the word Croatoan= Croatans nearby Native American group= maybe adopted 41 settlers family- names continue in use among the Croatan people
20 yrs. Later in 1607 settled Jamestown -honor King James I- the land itself called Virginia after Elizabeth- never married bore title Virgin Queen
104- Adventurers started colony where shareholders in the Virginia Company =which was a joint stock company -shareholders contributed money to the costs of an enterprise and expected a share of the profit- most investors remained in England - young men earn share by simply paying their way to Virginia first men settled - then women exploited Native American labor and wealth
Indians attacked- English cannon forced them to …show more content…
In 1662- King Charles united all towns in Conn. Into a single colony, unified Connecticut gov. drew up a constitution 1) elected deputies to a legislature 2) choose a governor 3) limit terms of office public officials 4) fair taxation called fundamental orders of Connecticut 1st written Constitution in America
Rhode Island- young Puritan minister Roger Williams believed separation of church and state- 1636- founded providence Anne Hutchinson also came in Salem found unfit for society and banished believed own relationship with God overrule the authority of Puritan law
Rhode Island adopted the principle of separation of church and state guarantee all its people religious freedom- became a fundamental principle of Am. Dem.
New Hampshire- George Calvert 1st Lard Baltimore Catholic friend Charles I- seek place Catholics go- got from king tract of land son Cecilius Calvert 2nd Lord Baltimore became 1st proprietor or owner of an American colony- had complete control- made laws only with the advice and consent of the freemen of the colony
All Christians free to worship as they please step toward religious liberty
North and South
Separate waves of migrants different times- settled different regions from Artic Circle to South America distinct language and customs
1400’s 8 to 10 million people lived in the U. S. (map pg. 16)
West Africans pg. 29
Morocco= north Congo River in the south of the forest kingdoms Benin
Guinea= great kingdoms well organized
Societies= farming trade art work
Beyond the coastal forests in the grasslands south of the Sahara lay Songhai- empire in the 1400s one of the largest in the world
Banking system- universities- well run gov. major religion Islam
While Europeans prized land Africans …show more content…
- raided Spanish fleets
By 1580s- England had a permanent position in the Americas- wanted a base for raids and further exploration
1587- 31 yr. old Sir Walter Raleigh financed the establishment of a base in Roanoke Island - island outer banks of North Carolina
Settlers vanished completely- no one knows why
Relief expedition in 1590 found only empty building- doorpost was carved with the only clue the word Croatoan= Croatans nearby Native American group= maybe adopted 41 settlers family- names continue in use among the Croatan people
20 yrs. Later in 1607 settled Jamestown -honor King James I- the land itself called Virginia after Elizabeth- never married bore title Virgin Queen
104- Adventurers started colony where shareholders in the Virginia Company =which was a joint stock company -shareholders contributed money to the costs of an enterprise and expected a share of the profit- most investors remained in England - young men earn share by simply paying their way to Virginia first men settled - then women exploited Native American labor and wealth
Indians attacked- English cannon forced them to …show more content…
In 1662- King Charles united all towns in Conn. Into a single colony, unified Connecticut gov. drew up a constitution 1) elected deputies to a legislature 2) choose a governor 3) limit terms of office public officials 4) fair taxation called fundamental orders of Connecticut 1st written Constitution in America
Rhode Island- young Puritan minister Roger Williams believed separation of church and state- 1636- founded providence Anne Hutchinson also came in Salem found unfit for society and banished believed own relationship with God overrule the authority of Puritan law
Rhode Island adopted the principle of separation of church and state guarantee all its people religious freedom- became a fundamental principle of Am. Dem.
New Hampshire- George Calvert 1st Lard Baltimore Catholic friend Charles I- seek place Catholics go- got from king tract of land son Cecilius Calvert 2nd Lord Baltimore became 1st proprietor or owner of an American colony- had complete control- made laws only with the advice and consent of the freemen of the colony
All Christians free to worship as they please step toward religious liberty
North and South