AKS: 31
Native American Culture and Exploration
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AKS 31: Evaluate the impact of European exploration and settlement on American Indians in Georgia
Vocabulary:
Hernando de Soto
Missions
Repartimiento
Mercantilism
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Horticulutre
Palisades
Maize
Crop Rotation
Domestication
Hernando de Soto
Missions
Repartimiento
Mercantilism
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Horticulutre
Palisades
Maize
Crop Rotation
Domestication
AKS 31a: Describe the characteristics of American Indians living in Georgia at the time of European contact (emphasize Mississippian): include culture, food, weapons/tools, and shelter.
The Mississippian people had the most complex-structured societies of the native people. They were organized into chiefdoms, and live in large villages. They were large scale farmers who used crop-rotation. Mississippian Indians raised the three sister crops, corn (maize), squash, and beans as the staples of their diet. They also gathered nuts and berries, and hunted small games with their bow and arrows. They had organized religion, and built flat-topped burial mounds that can still be seen in Georgia today. Mississippian people encountered Europeans.
The Creek and Cherokee people arose from Mississippian people. They had large organized cities, organized religion, matrilineal societies, technology, and tribal land ownership.
The Creek and Cherokee people arose from Mississippian people. They had large organized cities, organized religion, matrilineal societies, technology, and tribal land ownership.
AKS 31c
Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native American cultures including Spanish missions along barrier islands and exploration of Hernando de Soto.
Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native American cultures including Spanish missions along barrier islands and exploration of Hernando de Soto.
Hernando de Soto arrived on the shores of Florida in 1540 searching for gold. Unfortunately for de Soto, gold was not a natural resource in the area. The native people had obtained gold from shipwrecks and trading. Although the Europeans were far outnumbered, they were able to defeat natives due to superior weapons (guns and swords), war horses, and the spread of diseases. Native people had no immunity to European diseases. Hernando de Soto had come to America seeking fame and fortune. He brought death and destruction for the native people, and ultimately for himself since he died during his explorations.
The Catholic church was very powerful and rich. The Spanish established missions in Florida in 1565. By 1566, they had moved into Georgia. Mission settlements sent gold and riches home to Europe and served as religious centers to convert natives to Christianity. The map to the left shows all the Spanish missions established along the coast of Georgia.
AKS 32b
Explain reasons for European exploration and settlement of North America with an emphasis on the interests of FrenchSpanish, and British in the Southeastern area of the United States
Explain reasons for European exploration and settlement of North America with an emphasis on the interests of FrenchSpanish, and British in the Southeastern area of the United States
The Spanish explored North America in the hopes of finding gold and riches. The other European powers followed suit afraid of the growing wealth and power of the Spanish. They did not find the gold and gems they had hoped to find in what is now the United States, but they did soon realize the true wealth lay in the land itself. Europe was crowded, and there was plenty of room in North America. European countries soon began to set up settlements and colonize the area.
The English and French used the natural resources of the land (raw materials) to make processed goods in Europe for resale (mercantile value).
The English and French used the natural resources of the land (raw materials) to make processed goods in Europe for resale (mercantile value).
The English established more permanent settlements in the Americas than the French did because of their economic policy of mercantilism. The colonies provided raw materials that were sent back to England where they were made into finished goods and shipped back to the colonies for sale. They also came for religious freedom, and the opportunity to begin new lives (debtors). Colonies in the southeastern region of the United States were established to produce agricultural products such as rice, tobacco, and indigo (Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia).