Download Native Americans of California

Native Americans
How did they get here?
migrated on foot from
Siberia (in Asia), to
Alaska across a land
bridge that no longer
exists.
Native Americans' View of the Land
They lived in harmony with
the land;
Didn't believe you could own
the land as a personal
property
Native Americans of California
Food Sources:
salmon; shellfish; rabbits; ducks; roots,
berries; acorns
Shelter:
simple homes covered with reeds or bark
Clothing:
simple aprons/skirts from grass (warm)
animal hides during the colder months
Native Americans of the Great
Basin
Food:
migrating ducks and their eggs; snakes,
grasshoppers, mostly ate plants
Shelter:
temporary shelters (migrated from place to
place)
clothing: during the cold months they made
robes from rabbit hides (about 100 rabbit
hides)
Native Americans of the Plateau
Food:
hunters/gatherers - relied mainly on fish and
plants
Shelter:
build villages along rivers, houses made of
driftwood
Clothing: hides for winter, weaving clothes and
hats
Native Americans of the Southeast
Food:
farming
Shelters:
built towns around earthen mounds
Clothing:
deerskin skirts and cloth
European Exploration and
Settlement
Europeans interested in lands that lay to the
east.
For example, China
The Americas were found as explorers were
trying to locate a new trade route the China
because of the travels of Marco Polo to Asia
Spain
As the printing press made
books more available, more
and more people read about
Marco Polo's time in
China/Asia
Spain
Christopher Columbus
Believed shortest route to Indies was west,
across the Atlantic Ocean
He needed $ for the trip
He convinced King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella of Spain to pay for the trip.
Spain
In August 1492, Columbus sailed west with 3
small ships.
After a month they found what they thought
were the Indies, but it was really the
Caribbean Islands.
He called the new people he encountered
Indians.
Spain
The "Indians" were fascinated by these new
people;
Columbus claimed the land for Spain.
He returned to Spain for more ships and
supplies.
He returned four more times, finding more
islands he would claim for Spain.
Columbia Exchange
Native Americans get a raw deal
Slavery, had been around since
ancient times
The Conquistadors
Spanish Borderlands
New France
English Colonies
Jamestown