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Who was the native people that Columbus met in hispanola?
Columbus was trying to get to India when he ran into North America. He thought that he had arrived in India, so he referred to the Native Americans as Indians. AND, we still refer to them as such.
Were the pilgrims familiar with corn before they came to the new world?
No, corn or maize was native to America and had been domesticated by the Native Americans. Native Americans taught the inexperienced pilgrims to plant corn. The English carried seeds back home and corn became a crop in many European countries as well.
Who did Columbus encounter when he landed in New World?
Native Americans
Why do you call Indians Native Americans?
Because when Columbus got here, he had the silly notion that he arrived in India, so he called them Indians. We call them the more politically correct, Native Americans, because technically, they are not from India, henceforth no Indians. They were also 'native' to this country which we call America, so they are Native Americans.
What did christopher columbas discover in America?
Native Americans and a new world.
Were there native Americans already living in the region in the new England colonies?
Of course, there were millions of Native Americans when the English arrived in the new world. This includes New England. The Native Americans were living on ancestral lands for centuries and they took care of the lands they lived on. When the English arrived they brought with them prejudice and discrimination against the people they found. They also felt the land was theirs for the taking without any regard for the people living there. The English wanted to make New England and other colonies a copy of the English countryside. With them came animals, plants, and insects that changed the environment. They actually practiced environmental terrorism by doing this.
Who was the native people that Columbus met in hispanola?
Columbus was trying to get to India when he ran into North America. He thought that he had arrived in India, so he referred to the Native Americans as Indians. AND, we still refer to them as such.
What was the most significant European export that explorers brought to the Americans and why?
When the Europeans arrived in North America there were no" Americans", but there were many native American tribes who were living there. They gave disease and death to the native Americans when they arrived. When they landed from the Old World to the New World they brought the export of disease that the populations they met hadn't been exposed to before. Smallpox, flu, STD's and other diseases were given to the New World and killed thousands.
What was the major reason so many Native Americans died after the first Europeans arrived in the New World?
Small pox. The natives had no resistence to diseases the europeans carried to the new world.
What was 2 challenges that the first English settlement of the new world face?
Not enough supplies, and fighting with the Native Americans.
What happened to Native American religion after the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans actually had old spoken tradition of a belief in a trinity and they had had old stories passed down of claims that there was once a world-wide flood. Most people don't know why Native Americans had those beliefs since so long ago.
Did the native american's have pork?
No, the pig is not native to the western hemisphere. It was not until European colonization that the pig arrived in the "New World"
Native Americans believed the world was filled with these?
spirits
Who helped the pilgrims in theNew World?
The Native Americans!
When did Americans arrive in World War I?
America arrived for World War 1 on April 6, 1918.
Did sir Walter Raleigh see Native Americans?
Yes, Sir Walter Raleigh encountered Native Americans during his voyages to the New World. He was involved in establishing early English colonies in North America and had interactions with various Native American tribes, particularly in present-day North Carolina.
Were the pilgrims familiar with corn before they came to the new world?
No, corn or maize was native to America and had been domesticated by the Native Americans. Native Americans taught the inexperienced pilgrims to plant corn. The English carried seeds back home and corn became a crop in many European countries as well.
