of our people. A Letter by Christopher Columbus 1. What impressed Columbus about the land he discovered? Columbus was impressed with the beauty of the lands. It contained extensive plains and extraordinary pine groves. It was rich with honey and had many different birds and fruit. 2. Where did Columbus think he had landed? Columbus thought he had landed in Asia. 3. What did Columbus offer to the king and queen of Spain? Columbus offered the king and queen of
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The American Pageant Chapter 1 Seraphin Tala Period 2 1. Christopher Columbus: Was a skilled Italian seafarer who discovered an island in the Bahamas on October 12‚ 1492. Appalachian Mountains formed about 350 million years ago. Marco Polo: Was an Italian adventurer. Vasco de Gama: An explorer who reached India and acquired spices Bartholomeu Dias: An explorer who rounded the southernmost tip of Asia. Juan Ponce de Leon: Explorer who explored Florida. Francisco Pizarro crushed
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Housing / dress B. Food / agriculture C. Transportation III. Beliefs A. Religion B. Myth IV. Events A. November 18‚ 1493 B. November 19‚ 1493 Conclusion On December 6‚ 1492‚ Christopher Columbus landed at St. Nicholas‚ in Haiti (Hispaniola). Consequently‚ this began a totally new phase of life on the island of Hispaniola. There was a flourishing civilization of Native Americans living there. The primary group was the Arawak/Taino Indians
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unable to take over the natural resources of the Africans because of their stronger government structure. In both the New World and Africa the Europeans were constantly in search of riches and devoted to the spread of the Christian faith. Christopher Columbus’s first expedition across the Atlantic was in search for spices. In Africa‚ they wanted precious metals such as gold. In the New World and Africa the native people had their land taken from them by the Europeans so that they could search
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Anjali Bhakta APUSH New England & Chesapeake Region Behrend. 2nd hour July 31‚ 2012 New England and the Chesapeake Bay had both evolved into two distinct societies because of their physical and religious differences. Both of these areas had started off equally (population wise‚ etc.)‚ everyone had equal rights and settling in many different areas of the region. New England started to look towards religious ways to live‚ while people in the Chesapeake Region started to reply on money and crops
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for each country‚ (b) Of the four *explorers‚ named*‚ state the one you would most have liked to accompany. Discuss two reasons for your choices. Four west European explores that traveled to the New World. {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 – 5/20/1506 Jacques Cartier (12/31/1491 – 9/1/1557) {draw:frame} John Cabot_ (c. 1450 – c. 1498)_ Pedro Álvares Cabral_ (c. 1468 – c.1520)_ The race to find new spice and travel routes spurred a very exciting time
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book. He shows all the facts of history‚ instead of just what the leaders at the time would want people to know. Christopher Columbus was the first European explorer to land in the Americas‚ and therefore he is viewed‚ in a sense‚ as a hero. “When we read the history books given to children in the United States‚ it all starts with heroic adventure-there is no bloodshed-and Columbus Day is a celebration” (7). What the textbooks fail to mention‚ but Zinn focuses on‚ is the treatment of the Arawaks
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had on the peoples of the New World. He explains how pure and isolated the Indians lives were before white-men and their diseases entered the New World. Crosby tries to show the founding of the Americas was not just about a man by the name of Christopher Columbus stumbling across a new world. In his book‚ he shows how the Europeans stumbled across‚ not a new world‚ but a world that was already colonized by another race. He tries to show how the Indians lives were taken and overrun by a stronger and
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to cross over from Siberia (Kennedy and Cohen 5). The descendants of these Native Americans were met with Christopher Columbus‚ who believed that he had reached the Indies. Columbus called these people “Indians” and the misnomer stuck (Kennedy and Cohen 14). Countless explorers delved further into the continent after Columbus‚ who made one of the greatest blunders in history. Although Columbus did not actually find a faster route to the Indies‚ he did spur Europeans from the Old World to venture westward
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American Environmental History In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus set sail from the Eastern coast of Europe seeking to find a shorter passage to what He believed would lead him to the Indies. Yet‚ in his quest for the Indies‚ Columbus stumbled on a land far greater and completely breathtaking…the Americas. Although Columbus and his crew were well aware of what they discovered‚ at least to a certain extent (they eventually realized they were not in the Indies); Columbus and his fellow men could not have possibly
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