Some Early American History Background to LA Readings Mr. Calella American Studies I (Honors) Purpose & Activity Purpose: I want to see how much you remember from past history classes Remind you of things you might have forgotten Prepare you for upcoming readings in Mrs. Hardts class Activity: Get into groups of 4 I will announce a subject, topic or era in early American history, and each group will have 1 minute to make a bulleted list of everything they know about it Groups will share what they came up with We will discuss a few slides, and you will take some notes Rinse and Repeat! Pre-Columbian Times Bering Land Bridge Nomadic Asian hunting parties Perhaps million Native Americans by 1490 Over 2,000 separate cultures varied in size & sophistication due to the development of agriculture No horse, oxen, or wheel, yet Vinland Leif Ericson 1000 AD Origins of Atlantic Slave Trade Portuguese creep along the coast of Africa Slavery Spanish first to use slaves in New World (Cuba, Hispaniola) Christopher Columbus From Genoa, Italy Persuades Ferdinand & Isabella Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria October 12, 1492 Jamestown Jamestown st permanent English settlement in Americas (past failure like Roanoke- lost colony) Joint-Stock Companies (Virginia Company of London) Jamestown site (good place for fort; no Indians b/c the land was not suitable for farming- swampy marsh lands) John Smith Kidnapped He who does not work, does not eat Starving Time (80% of colonists die of starvation and disease) Pocahontas save Smith Powhatan Father of Pocahontas His Indian Confederacy falls to the Three Ds Disease Disorganization Disposability Africans sold as slaves in Jamestown Plantation Colonies Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia & the West Indies Staple Crops Sugar Tobacco Rice Slavery Westward Movement Greater Religious Tolerance The Mayflower & Plymouth Separatists Wanted to Separate from the Anglican Church (Pilgrims) Pilgrims come to America James I harassed the separatists They flee to Holland Board the Mayflower bound for Jamestown Arrive in Plymouth Bay Mayflower Compact- (Social Contract) Thanksgiving The Great Awakening Great Awakening- (the 1 st one anyway) Jonathan Edwards Preached that salvation could not be achieved by good works, only through Gods grace Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God