McJunkin discovered ancient bison bones and Folsom tools
1908
Earliest civilization known as the Mother Culture
Olmec Civilization
Helped us to learn about pre-history
Artifacts
Influenced Columbus
Marco Polo
Jamestown was named after
King James I
Father of religious freedom and believed forcing men to join the church washed out the faith
Roger Williams
They Came Before Columbus was written
1976
First major city
Teotihuacan
Rock carvings and simple drawings
Petroglyphs and Pictographs
Disease that killed majority of Natives
Small Pox
Virginia Dare
Wrote 'Of Plymouth Plantation'
William Bradford
Inter Caetera was written
1493
Popol Vuh
People migrated from Asia to Americas using a land bridge
The Beringia Theory
Inter Caetera was created to divide the land between
Spain and Portugal
Virginia was named after in 1584
Queen Elizabeth I
English Puritans who wanted to separate and form their own church (1606) and eventually emigrated to the Netherlands (1609)
Scrooby Sepratists
Powhatan Confederacy was established
1570
Main source of food
Maize
Inhabited the Four Corners and lived in cliff dwellings
Anasazi Culture
First map to depict America by name
Waldseemueller Map
Tabacco
A special instrument sent by God and never left until he died
Tisquantum
Novus Mundus pamphlet was created
1503
Believed to be Quetzalcoatl by the Aztecs
Vera Cruz
The largest city in the Mississippian Culture
Cahokia
Yale University displays this fake piece of history
Vinland Map
Promised land for work
Indentured Servitude
Social Contract signed in agreement to follow rules and regulations for the sake of survival
Mayflower Compact
First time America was depicted on a map
1507
Calendar used by Maya
The Long Count
Known for their distinctive pottery and constructing large platform mounds
The Mississippian Culture
Latin word for New World
Novus Mundus
John Smith returned to England in 1609 and his 'No work , no food' law was no longer enforced
The Starving Time
Charged and trialed for heretic by holding house meetings
Anne Hutchinson