HSTAA 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Starving Time, Arawak, Wampanoag People
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The indian population was greatly reduced after columbus landed. The need for land drove the settler"s expansion into indian land. The natives probably came through bering strait from asia. Iroquois society is communal and the cultures of tribes in north america is not uncivilized. Bartholomew de las casa was a young priest who quested in cuba. Hernando cortes- leader of conquistadors who took over the aztecs. Spain- they looked for gold; converted natives to catholocism. Colonization: first settlement was 1560, colonized from the tip of s. america to american sw and eastern u. s (florida- St. augustine: florida was one of the earliest settlement. England- land & resources: jamestown(e) was 1st permanent english colony, jamestown(e) was founded in 1607 by nobles, starving time = no food, resorted to canabalism, and the remaining settlers fled the place. But on way out they ran into british supply ship: the mystery of roanoke being found before jamestown is known as the lost.
