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Period: 90,000 BCE to 8000 BCE
Paleodians
Siberians migrants crossed the Bering Straits = inland route theory
Or Coastal route theory (earlier)
From 90 000 to 8 000 BC, straits formed a land bridge thanks to exposed sealfloor linking Siberia and Alaska allowing Amerindian from the east central Asian to go to Alska after occupying Beringia (land bridge). -
Period: 13,500 BCE to 13,000 BCE
Prehistoric Paleo-Indian
Clovis culture:
-lithic (=stone) industry
-big game-hunting + bone and ivory tools -
Period: 600 to 1400
Mississippian culture
Mississippian culture :
- Complex hierarchical society, human sacrifice
- Fortified village, large communal plazas, flat-topped temple mounds -
Period: 1400 to 1500
First Nation Cultures 15th Century
From 2,8M to 18M Indians Native Americans and 300-350 languages, their division helped European conquest
They survived thanks to hunting, agriculture, and fishing.
They have no iron, wheel, or writing -
Period: 1492 to
America exploration
1492: Christopher Columbus, an Italian sponsored by Spain
1524: Giovanni da Verrazano, Florentine sailor sponsored by France
Their arrival impacted Ameridians a lot: diseases and Conquistadors killed them or they were treated as slaves to work in mines.
Europeans came for resources, trade points, and colonies.
America served as a spot where England sent the undesirable (poor and landless and religious dissenters = Puritans)
America was also seen as a utopia where the poor can become rich.