The Settling of America

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The Settling of America

• After the Native Americans

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Native Americans

• The Native Americans were the first people to
  live in the Americas.

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• The Native Americans lived in houses made of
  materials from their region.
• Some of the materials used were bark, grasses,
  clay, and sticks.
• Native Americans lived in tribes.

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WHY THEY CAME
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English

• Religious freedom
• Curiosity
• Adventure
• Wanted to make home land more powerful

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Spanish

• Curiosity
• Adventure
• To find treasures of gold and silver

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Africans

• Slaves
• Indentured servants

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• 2/3 of the slaves were West Africans
• Provided labor for the Spanish and Europeans

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WEST AFRICANS

• Were subject to abusive treatment
• Denied the most basic human rights
• Were sold at auctions

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HOW THEY CAME

• They came over on ships.
• Many died along the way.
• Only men came on the first trips.

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The Mayflower sailing into Plymouth Harbour
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WHERE THEY WENT

• In 1587 the Spanish established St. Augustine.
• In 1607 the English began Jamestown.
• In 1619 the slaves were brought to Jamestown.

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All photographs in this presentation came from
the American Memory Collection of the Library of
Congress. http//memory.loc.gov/