Our schedule will be:

History 1 1600s ExplorersHistory 2 1700s ColoniesHistory 3 1800s Expansion, Abolition and

IndustrializationHistory 4 1900s-present War and

LeadershipYour historical fiction story due

Many people think the history of the US began with Columbus, but it actually started much earlier.

The oldest people in America are the Native Americans.

There is a good TV series on Native Americans called “500 Nations”. 　 Please look it up on YOUTUBE.

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/SittingBull.html

ABOUT 500 NATIONS ALMOST 300 LANGUAGES

The oldest tribe may be the Anasazi who lived in the Southwest US since 5500 BC.

Other famous tribes are Navaho, Cherokee and Shawnee.

Many US place names are from Native American tribes: Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Erie, Cheyenne, etc.

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Now most of the Native Americans live in three states: California, Arizona and Oklahoma.

Columbus "discovered" the New World in 1492 and claimed it for Spain. He was sent by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

He landed somewhere in the Bahama Islands. The native Americans there were called Arawaks.

Some Arawaks were made slaves by the Europeans. Others got European diseases and died.

Look at what happened to them:

1494 250,000 Arawaks 1515 50,000 Arawaks 1560 500 Arawaks

In 1497 John Cabot sailed from England to Canada and Vasco da Gama sailed from Spain to India. In 1519 Magellan sailed from Spain around the world.

John Cabot Vasco da Gama Magellan

In 1534, Jacques Cartier began exploring Canada.

From France:

In 1603, Champlain continued to explore Canada.

In 1579, Sir Francis Drake landed in Central California.

This 16th century ring was found near Roanoke Island where the colony was

supposed to have been.

From 1585-1590 Roanoke colony was established by Sir Walter Raleigh in N. Carolina, but it died out.

1520 Coronado entered the Southwest and took Indians as slaves.

1598 Don Juan de Onate founded and settled New Mexico

And　from　Portugal…Amerigo Vespucchi

explored the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502

And gave America it’s name!

Check it out:http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=Od9as8HR5Go

Beginning　of　“The　new　Europe”

SO, in the 1500s, France, Spain, England and other European countries all started colonies in “the new world”

What was happening in Japan?

What will happen in the 1600s? We’ll find out next week!