HIST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Syphilis, Burmese Python, Robin Hood
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Amazed to see natives hunting deer: capital offence to hunt in europe, only royals did that on royal grounds, ex: robin hood hunted and took animals on this land, ecological differences. Challenges to establish colonies: first colonies had increase death rates, 15th/16th/17th century, ex: jamestown buried dead bodies far from city, prevented disease, depressi(cid:374)g to see those who could(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake it, attract animals. In jamestown, there is proof of cannibalism: aid to europeans in new world. 20,000 patterns explain why europe could win in the new world: no large animals for transportation, labor, or warfare, europeans had horses, oxes, and cattle. Close proximity to animals = got immunity: biological agents killed a high percent of native americans because they had no exposure. Natives gave the europeans syphilis: plants. New world; corn, potatoes, tomatoes: animals. Same latitude as europe, espically southern europe. New species of plants; ex: dandelion started growing in gardens. Natio(cid:374)al cuisi(cid:374)e that"s (cid:374)ew; last 500 years: population explosion.
