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Pre Columbus (1491-1607)
Early American Indians
North America Heavily populated
Very diverse population
Organized with a “monarchy”
Gods depended on the environment

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Exploration and Colonization (1491-1607)
Pre Columbian Indians
1680 pueblo revolt Indians defeated the Spanish.

Columbian exchange - when Spanish came in they brought euro things into Americas and brought American things back into Europe

English

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Religious/political impulses
Virginia - virgin monarch (sir Walter Raleigh)
James became monarch after Elizabeth died

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Virginia
Jamestown-owned by stockholders of the London company
Found and settled by single men
Found no gold
Leadership-john smith
In 1612 john rolfe discovered tobacco would grow in north America
Urged people to go by giving them land
Headright system - people could get free land if they would pay their way to Virginia
Indentured servants - had their waypaid to the us - poor people
Governor called a meeting to talk about all the problems in the colony In 1619 the first representative meeting House of burgesses. In 1619 first Africans arrived in Jamestown In 1620s there was a war with the Indians In 1624 the London company went bankrupt

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How many governments are there in the united states today?

Thousands

How many governments can tax one person?
Federal, state, city, county.

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