u.s history prologue
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U.S History Prologue. By: Ka’iupono Joseph, Drew Duarte, Nalu Aitaro , Bryce Tsuruma. Land Bridge. Early Americans crossed a land bridge It was between Alaska and Russia C rossed from the Rockies and went southward C rossed because Mammals were migrating to America. Land Bridge. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
U.S History Prologue By: Ka’iupono Joseph, Drew Duarte, Nalu Aitaro, Bryce
Tsuruma
Land Bridge
Early Americans crossed a land bridge
It was between Alaska and Russia
Crossed from the Rockies and went southward
Crossed because Mammals were migrating to America
Land Bridge
Climate Change
Mammoths weighed up to 16,000 pounds
could feed 2 dozen hunters for the whole winter
Hunters would sharpen spears out of bone/stone
As the climate changed the mammoths started to die off
Died because of the dramatic change in whether
First communities
Archaic people started to settle along river coasts and along fish plentiful coasts and could sustain themselves for the whole year
They found places so plentiful that they scooped fish into their buckets.
They learned to make fishing nets and fishing hooks
Some people started to build pottery
Early American Community
Mound Builders
Poverty point was a community of mound builders
Leaders drew up plans to built earthworks
Adena’s flourished along the Mississippi and Illinois river valleys
Hopewell’s flourished along the Ohio and Illinois river valleys
There built mounds the shape of squares, circles and cones
Mound Builders
Early Americans; Sedentary
Sedentary: to stay in an area or to colonize
Early Americans became sedentary around the Neolithic period.
This started as early as 2500 B.C. possibly early then that.
Sedentary occurred because early Americans discovered the ability to farm.
Americans & Their Environment
Did Early Americans have control over their environment: Yes, No, Maybe?
Answer: YES
Factor:
They Formed a hierarchy
Had major Trade and religion
Buried their chiefs
Built long wooden palisades
Examples of the factors
They Formed a hierarchy. Example: Temples and warehouses and homes of elite leaders were located on top of mounds formed in the ground.
Formed trade and religion. Example: In 1000 The city of Cahokia was a major center of trade and religious activities.
Buried their chiefs. Example: 200 C.E one mass grave had about 300 pounds of bones found in yellow stone national park.
Built long wooden palisades: 1150 C.E. built around center of city, these were up to 100 ft tall.
Population and growth after 800Corn Cultivators
• Corn cultivator’s wanted extra helping hands with plowing, hoeing, weeding, and harvesting.For example they need the man power to plant more of there vegetation to keep there community flourishid.
• Corn cultivator’s promoted population growth. Hunter’s supported abortion for mobility and reduced numbers of people to feed. These two different
• Corn cultivator’s promoted population growth. Hunter’s supported abortion for mobility and reduced numbers of people to feed.
corn cultivators and Hunters
• Corn cultivator’s increased population by clearing woodland and plating more corn.
• Over years the two groups got into conflicts and corn cultivator’s prevailed over the hunter’s because of the fact they out numbered them.
• Corn cultivator’s and Hunter’s build a Mutual advantage trade system was made between Corn cultivator’s and Hunter’s.
Cahokia
• Cahokia was a major center of trade and religion.There believes were manly around god.
• It was the first urban center of the U.S.
• They started to become civilized and have a hierarchy. Chiefs were buried upon 20,000 beaded shells along with animal corpse sculptures.
• Was probably the largest earthen structure in America’s