European+Exploration+&+Settlement

__Early Exploration of the Americas__ Spain

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British John Winthrop, [|"A Model of Christian Charity"]

__The Original 13 Colonies__
 * **Colony ** || **Date Founded ** || **Founder & Circumstances ** || **Primary Economic Activites ** || **Other pertinent Information ** ||
 * Virginia ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Massachusetts ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * New York ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * New Jersey ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Delaware ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Rhode Island ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Connecticut ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * North Carolina ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * South Carolina ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

__Native Americans BEFORE Columbus__ Overall, the peoples of North America were highly varied societies with large populations. Some were organized, advanced civilizations with large cities, while others were nomadic or semi-nomadic groups. There were alliances and enemies, wars and treaties.

__HAD DEVELOPED__: ** ||= **Pre-Columbian Native Americans __HAD NOT DEVELOPED__:** ||=  ||
 * = **Pre-Columbian native Americans
 * < * mathematically based calendar
 * irrigation systems
 * domesticated cereal crops (like maize)
 * multifamily dwellings
 * herbal medical treatments
 * large cities (like the Aztec capital at Tenochtitlan) ||< * wheeled vehicles
 * gunpowder
 * waterwheels
 * writing ||

Early Interactions Between Europeans & Native American


 * ** Key Idea ** || **What is it? ** || <span style="background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: #008000; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Why is it important? ** ||  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> **Columbian Exchange** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Refers to the exchange of plants, animals, & diseases between the Old World and the New World

For example, corn, tomatoes,potatoes, and chocolate were introduced to Europe.

Horses, cows, pigs,&smallpox were introduced to the Americas. || Caused major lifestyle changes in both Europe & the Americas.

Most notably, Native Americas were wiped out by diseases they had no immunty to, esp. smallpox. ||  ||