Arizona Settlement

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Arizona Settlement
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Conquistadors

• Early Spanish explorers and soldiers were known
  as conquistadors
• Conquistadors took control of the people living
  in South America and colonized the Southwest

Hernando de Soto
Hernando Cortes Pizarro
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Presidios

• Presidios were forts built by the Spanish in
  order to protect themselves from the Native
  Americans

Presidio School House
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Father Kino

• He was a Catholic missionary and priest
• He worked peacefully with the Tohono Oodham and
  respected their culture.
• He taught the Native Americans to grow wheat and
  raise livestock
• The Native Americans taught him to speak their
  language and helped Father Kino to build missions

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Cabeza de Vaca

• He was a Spanish explorer who claimed lands in
  what is now Florida
• He traveled with an enslaved African American
  named Estevan looking for
• On their travels they heard stories of the 7
  cities of gold.
• After they were rescued they told the stories of
  the cities of gold. This caused other explorers
  to look for these cities.

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Reservation

• A reservation is land set aside for Native
  Americans.
• Many different Native American tribes were forced
  to live together.
• Many children were sent to boarding schools and
  they couldnt wear their own clothing or speak
  their own language.

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Apache Tribe

• The Apache were known as skilled horse riders and
  warriors.
• They kept few belongings because they never
  stayed in one place too long.
• They hunted bison and gathered plants for food.

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Primary Source

• Primary sources are usually letters, records or
  other documents created during the period that is
  being studied
• Examples of primary sources would be a journal
  written by Cabeza de Vaca or a letter written by
  a soldier to his family

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Secondary Source

• A secondary source of information is one that was
  created later by someone who did not experience
  first-hand or participate in the events
• Examples of secondary sources are text books,
  biographies, newspaper articles, and stories

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Control of North America

• By the 1700s North America is controlled mostly
  by Britain and France
• The United States receives its freedom from
  Britain in 1776.