Europeans Make
Contact with
America
http://www.y
outube.com/
watch?v=X
WY50mH5a
wQ
Impacts on Indigenous People
(Natives)
• religious
• economic
• social
• food
• government
• exploration
Religious Impact
• Christianity
– making Natives become Christian
• Missions
– set up churches
Economic Impact
• land disputes
– who gets what land
• trade
– alcohol for farming
techniques
Social Impact
• spread of disease
• partnerships
– Europeans and
Natives making
deals; becoming
“friends”
– marriages
Food
• Agriculture
techniques
• corn, hunting
Native Practices & their
Impact on U.S. Govt.
• Native American Governments:
– Iroquois Confederacy – 5 Native
American Nations united to form
one “country” (N.E. part of U.S.)
– Matriarchal Leadership – females
are the leaders
– Democratic Influence – Iroquois
Confederacy inspired Ben
Franklin & Thomas Jefferson when
writing the Constitution
Exploration
of America
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=xFo-pkIRvwc
• Columbus (Spanish
but sailed for
Portugal)
– find a route to
India/China
• Marquette (French)
• Hudson (English)
• Amerigo Vespucci
(Italian)
• http://www.history.com/topi
cs/exploration/explorationof-north-america
European Countries that came
and attitude towards Natives?
•
•
•
•
French – fur trade
English – land & plantations
Spanish – missionary work
Dutch – trade settlements (New
Amsterdam  New York)
SUMMARY
• QUIZ TIME
• 1. What is the Columbian
Exchange?
• 2. What is the major religious impact
on the native people?
• 3. Name a social impact on the
indigenous people.
• 4. Which united group consisted of
5 native tribes that served as a
model for the English colonies?
• 5. Why did the English colonize
America?