The First Americans- Lesson 1

First Americans & Adaptation

100

The primary reason the first Americans migrated from Asia to the Americas.

in search of food

200

This was the most important thing for deciding how an American Indian group lived.

Food sources

300

Why did different cultural regions forme across North America?

They adapted to the environments in which they settled

400

This was the most important thing for the daily survival of American Indians.

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  • Using natural resources
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500

This Native American group cleared land by burning down trees to plant corn.

Eastern Woodlands people

Regions of North America

100

• This hunting activity was the most important part of the economy for Plains Indians.

 Hunting

200

• Native Americans in this region lived in a very hot and dry (arid) climate.

Southwest

300

• This colonial region had very cold, harsh winters and rocky soil.

New England colonies

400

• This is why the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies had completely different ways of life.

Different geography and resources

500

• For early European settlers, this was the hardest part of starting a new farm.
  
  

Clearing the land of trees

Age of Exploration

100

• This was the main reason European countries sent out explorers. 

Profit (money)

200

This explorer wrote a famous book about his travels to Asia that made others want to explore.

 Marco Polo

300

The very first European explorers were trying to find a water route to this place.

Asia

400

This group of Spanish soldiers came to the Americas to take over land for their country

Conquistadors

500

• This was the main goal of Spanish missionaries who came to the Americas.

To teach their religion

Law, Rights, & Government

100

• This 1215 English paper limited the power of the king for the first time.

Magna Carta

200

• English colonists expected to have the exact same rights as citizens living back here.

 England

300

Connecticut wrote the Fundamental Orders, which was the very first one of these in the colonies.

Constitution

400

This event happened in England when the king was kicked out and Parliament took over making laws.

The Glorious Revolution

500

• A person who agreed to work for a farmer for several years without pay to get a fresh start.
  
  

Indentured servant

Colonial Life & Society

100

• This forced labor system was not just in the South; it spread to all thirteen colonies.

Slavery

200

• The main goal of education for children in the New England colonies was to be able to read this book.

The Bible

300

• This religious group wanted to completely break away and separate from the Church of England.

  
  

  
  

Separatists (Pilgrims)

400

• When Native American workers died from diseases, colonists replaced them with enslaved people from here.

Africa

500

This is the best way to sum up why the English colonies were started.

People had different goals, like making money or religious freedom