Native American Societies
What did the Native Americans mostly die from?
Epidemics
What did the French do when arriving?
Created colonies.
What Native tribe did the Spanish encounter in Mexico
The Aztecs
What world views did the Europeans want the Natives to have?
Religion, traditions, labor
What Major river served as a trading route for the Native Americans Northwest?
The Mississippi River
What did the Indians use to build.
Innovations, natural resources
What weapons did the French use?
Gun powder and Iron weapons.
What was the exchange of the New World and Old War called.
The Columbian Exchange
Vocab word for taking over rights, land, freedom
Encroachment
What were the negotiations like?
Diplomatic.
Where did the Natives keep their cattle
The great plains.
What nationality was christopher columbus
Italian
What system did the Spanish force onto the Natives?
The encomienda system.
Horse, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs.
What types of slaves didn't get freedom
African SLaves.
How did the Natives live their daily life.
Hunting and gathering.
Term for Indians and French relationships.
Intermarriage
What Spanish colonizer fought for the Natives
Bartolome de Las Casas
What types of resources did they seek in the Americas
Silver and Gold
Main reasoning for colonization
wealth, economic, military competition, religion
What crop was spread the most from Mexico.
Maize cultivation.
What was the French's goal for colonization
Fur trading.
Pueblo Revolt.
Were the European leaders nice or mean.
MEan
What does the Americas consist of
South America and North America