HIS 755 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cradleboard, Cornplanter, Saint Lawrence River
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Hst 755 material cultures of north america. The material culture of the great lakers native world (1700-1825): 1825 the environment was converted into european property, neighbourhoods were present. People planted nut trees to uphold their diets. 1700-1825, massive change that helped form the ever changing world. *physical things can help us learn things that text can not* New nation forming (mississauga, 1690) algonquin community separated from their original area up north to form mississauga. At this time, most people were farmers, mainly growing corn, beans and squash. 80% of the diet came from farming goods. At this time, european farming was being introduced. The iroquoian people would gather 450 different plants for medicinal purposes. Toronto 10,000 years ago looked like an arctic and 1500 years ago, crops began to become a norm. One of the biggest disasters for the aboriginals was the american revolution (1775-1783). America tried to take over canada but it did not work.