Before the arrival of Europeans, Native Americans in North and South America engaged in a wide range of activities, including agriculture, hunting, and gathering. They developed complex societies with distinct cultures, languages, and governance structures, such as the Iroquois Confederacy in North America and the Inca Empire in South America. Many tribes established trade networks and built impressive structures, such as the mounds in the Mississippi Valley and the cities of the Aztecs and Mayans. Their spiritual beliefs were deeply connected to the land, influencing their way of life and social organization.
Life in America before Europeans arrived was described as pretty primitive. These natives relied only on nature and how they could use it.
There were many different tribes, languages, and religions.
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Native Americans have lived in the Americas for thousands of years before Europeans arrived.
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the native tribes each had areas that they controlled.
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Mainly just Native Americans/Indians lived here, but before the pilgrims there was also a small settlement of Filipinos that settled down in Louisiana around the early 1500's. Where as the pilgrims arrived here around the 1600's. There were also some Norse/Vikings that arrived here in the 1000's, around 400 years before Columbus. They arrived around the north east of America or somewhere around Canada. Although they did arrive here before the pilgrims, they did not technically settle here since they went back to Europe. Although some, mainly scholars, say that some settled around Canada, It has not yet been fully proven. So technically they did not settle here. Also, Columbus arrived in North America around the 1400's but mainly had established a settlement around the Caribbeans, and he did not stay here in North America, but instead went back to Europe. Although, the area where Columbus had established a settlement was acknowledged as a small colony of Spain.
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The arrival of Europeans to the America introduced the new diseases to natives such as the Iroquios. The natives had a weak immune system to these diseases because they and their ancestors were never exposed to them before.