Early Life in N. America
How did the earliest people migrate to North America?
Crossing Bering Strait land bridge from Asia
What is a primary document?
BONUS: Give an example of one or more
A document from the actual time period ; such as a diary, journal, newspaper, letter or photograph
Who had the right to vote in colonial Government?
white men over 21 who owned land
How did the Native Americans use the environment around them to survive?
Used resources around them to make shelter, food, clothing and for transportation
Explain mercantilism
Colonies exist to benefit the Mother Country, England
What was the major cause of the French and Indian war
COntrol
What animal did the people of the Great Plains rely heavily on for survival?
The Buffalo
What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
To enforce the policy of mercantilism and make sure that England made money from the American trade
Name one factor that is evidence of an advanced civilization.
BONUS: Name additional factors
permanent houses, towns, organized governments, religious ceremonies, arts and crafts
What was one major positive and one major negative result of Columbus/ voyage to the New World?
Positive: Europeans began to explore and claim N and S America. Columbian Exchange of plants goods, animals and ideas
Negative: Native Americans killed, enslaved, disease spread, land and heritage destroyed, buffalo almost extinct