Origins of a New Society

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CHAPTER 1

• SECTION 1
• Origins of a New Society
• (to 1754)

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SETTLEMENT OF THE AMERICAS

• EARLIEST AMERICANS CAME FROM ASIA,
• NOW SEPARATED BY THE BERING STRAIT
• DURING THE LAST ICE AGE, GLACIERS EXPOSED A LAND
  BRIDGE ALLOWING FOR MIGRATION (movement of
  people for the purpose of settling in a new
  place).

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• NATIVE AMERICANS OR INDIANS- DEVELOPED A
  VARIETY OF DISTINCT LANGUAGES CUSTOMS

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NORTH AMERICAN LIFE

• Varies greatly from region to region.
• MANY PEOPLE WERE NOMADS (moved their homes
  regularly in search of food) THAT SURVIVED BY
  HUNTING GAME, FISHING, GATHERNG WILD PLANTS TO
  EAT TO USE AS MEDICINE.
• ALTHOUGH MANY FOUND THEIR PLANT FOODS IN THE
  WILD, SOME SOCITIES FARMED.

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REGIONS

• GREAT BASIN- BETWEEN ROCKIES SIERRA NEVADA
• SOUTHEAST
• PLAINS
• NORTHEAST
• SOUTHWEST

• NORTH
• NORTHWEST COAST
• CALIFORNIA
• THE PLATEAU- CASCADE ROCKY MTS.

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• 5 IROQUOIS GROUPS WITH SIMILAR CULTURES
  LANGUAGE FORMED A SPIRITUAL ALLIANCE
• MOHAWK - SENECA
• ONEDIA
• CAYUGA
• ONANDAGA

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SHARED CUSTOMS BELIEFS

• SOCIAL STRUCTURE
• FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (KINSHIP) DETERMINED
  STRUCTURE
• PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE, CHILD CARE, SETTLEMENT OF
  DISPUTES, EDUCATION
• ORGANIZED BY CLAN ( GROUPS OF FAMILIES WHO ARE
  ALL DESCENDED FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR.

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• RELIGION
• SPIRITUAL/ TRADITIONAL
• FAILURE TO PERFORM THESE RITUALS LED TO DISASTERS
• PRESERVING CULTURE
• ORAL HISTORY
• STORIES, SONGS INSTRUCTIONS FOR CEREMONIES

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NATIVE AMERICAN TRADE

• SHARING WAS SEEN AS A SIGN OF RESPECT
• BARTER (OR TRADE)
• TRADE ROUTES CRISSCROSSED NORTH AMERICA.

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NATIVE AMERICANS LAND

• NEVER TRADED LAND
• LAND COULDNT BE OWNED
• PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT TO USE LAND (DESERVED
  RESPECT)