HSTAA 301 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Kingdom Of England, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colony Of Virginia
20 Nov 2018
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The more fascinating and interesting events and peoples were chosen. Samoset met some pilgrims, greeted them in broken english. Squanto learned english after being kidnapped in 1614 by an english explorer, for slavery. Ended up in england, returned to massachusetts in 1619. Massasoit wanted to ally with pilgrims against the narraganset. Squanto teaches pilgrims how to plant corn and fish, translates for them. Major points: the english were late to america, the story situates the americas within an atlantic world , made possible a civilizational interchange between regions. Cultural history: significance/meaning of events in the past to those who experienced them. Political history: government decisions affecting and changing ordinary peoples. Intellectual history: major ideas & thinkers of the time. All native americans descended from stone age- hunter-gatherers migrating during the last ice. Survived by hunting big game temporary camps near waterholes. As big game died out, people became more sedentary fishing, gathering. Natural resources so abundant that permanent housing unnecessary.
