Question

What was the nature of the Indian societies and their geographic distribution before the coming of the European explorers? What relationship existed between their subsistence patterns and their general culture?

Answer 1

Prior to 1600, several discoveries were made in the Americas, including the “discovery” ofthe continent itself, by early voyagers - such as Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.Knowledge of the initial contact with the Americas did not become widespread; even if theknowledge of the continent’s existence had propagated, there would have been littlereason to follow the initial voyagers as European outlook was not yet focused outward. Bythe late 1400s, however, enough central power had developed in Europe that interest inexploration outward began to increase. ¶ Christopher Columbus sailed in hopes ofreaching Asia with the
Niña, Pinta
and
Santa María
in 1492. Instead of reaching his target -Japan - Columbus landed in the Bahamas. Pushing on to what he assumed to be China,Columbus then landed in Cuba. Returning again a year later, Columbus landed a colony onHispaniola. Additionally, in 1500, a fleet of Portuguese ships bound for India were blown offcourse and landed upon the coast of Brazil. Later, Hernando Cortés led, in 1518, a militaryexpedition into Mexico resulting in, at first, a failed assault. Due to the Aztec’s exposure tothe European assailants’ diseases, a smallpox epidemic ensued, allowing the Spanish toeasily capture Tenochtitlán. Much of the resulting colonization of the New World wasassisted by the practical absence of the indigenous peoples, due to the wide spread ofEuropean epidemics. After it was reported that silver could be found in Mexico, a rush ofconquistadores from the island colonies and Spain rushed to the new world, hoping to finda fortune, much comparable to the later gold rushes elsewhere in the Americas. In 1564,the first permanent settlement within the bounds of the present-day United States wasestablished at St. Augustine, Florida, serving as both a military outpost and administrativecenter for Spanish presence in the region.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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