U.S History

First Americans Enter North America

10,000 BCE

-The first Americans to come to North America were the Native Americans
-Arrived to North America 13,000 years ago
-Native Americans lived in tribes, or social groups. Each tribe spoke its own language. There were more than 1,000 languages and dialects. Tribes had their own specific traditions and culture.

Christopher Columbus Lands Jamestown

1492

-He was born in 1436 and worked for the Spain King and Queen at the time
-He apparently never actually set foot in North America.
-"landed on various Caribbean islands that are now the Bahamas as well as the island later called Hispaniola. He also explored the Central and South American coasts."