🏹 Indigenous Peoples
Who were the first people in the Americas?
Indigenous people/Native Americans
What were the first two colonies in the United States?
Jamestown and Plymouth
Why did the English bring slaves/enslaved Africans to the Americas?
The need workers and they wanted to make money
What are the three Gs?
How did indigenous people live? (what houses did they live in, or what did they eat?
They often lived in wigwams or teepees and ate fish and vegetables.
Why did colonists come to Jamestown?
To get gold and riches
What plants/crops did the English grow in the southern colonies?
Tobacco, cotton, sugarcane
What was the triangle trade?
The trading of people, food, and products between Europe, North America, and Africa.
What happened to many Indigenous people in the US?
Many died from smallpox or other diseases.
Why did colonists come to Plymouth?
To practice their religion freely.
Why did Native Americans/Indigenous not make good slaves for the English?
They were dying of disease.