Notes on Early American Exploration and Colonization

Also known as original Americans.
People of the Western Hemisphere.
Original links found in present America.
Main source of survival was hunting and agriculture.
Domesticated plants and animals: corn (maize), beans, squash.
Domesticated animals: turkeys.
Vegetation was an important source of sustenance.
Supported communities ranging from small hamlets/villages to cities.
- Bahotia: an estimated population of 10,000 to 20,000.
- Teoti: an estimated population of 125,000 to 200,000.

God: Religious reasons.
- Religious strife among Christian groups (Protestants, Puritans).
- Search for new lands to settle and practice religion freely.
Gold: Economic reasons.
- Desire for new resources.
- Development of trade relations.
Glory: Expansion and political reasons.
- Expansion of land and empire (colonization).
- Monarchs seeking to establish political and social control over new lands.
- Individuals like Christopher Columbus sent and financed by monarchs to explore.

Create new markets for products.
Acquire raw materials for trade expansion.
Alleviate poverty and overcrowding in Europe.
Religious reasons: conflicts between Puritans, Protestants, and other Christian sects.

1492: Christopher Columbus sails across the Atlantic Ocean and reaches an island in The Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea.
1498: John Cabot sighted the Eastern Shore near the county.
1507: The name "America" is first used in a geography book, referring to the New World.
1513: New York Harbor.
1540: Francisco Vasquez places the coronavirus in the Southwest.
1541: Hernando de Soto crosses the Mississippi River.
1585: First English settlement in America established at Guanaco Island in North Carolina.
1565: Saint Augustine, Florida, the first town established by the Europeans, founded by the Spanish.
1586: Saint Augustine burned by the English during a war.
1588: Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English.
- Great Britain replaces Spain as the dominant world power.
- Gradual decline of Spanish influence in the New World.
- Widening of English imperial interest.
1600: Many nations turned their interest towards this developing country.
1606: King James I authorizes the Virginia Company to establish a colony in America.
- Development of a full-fledged English community and colony.

Road became dangerous for the Europeans.
India and China were vital trade partners with resources such as spices, silk, and dyes.
The Silk Road became dangerous in 1453 due to the fall of Stanton to who were aggressive towards the West.
Columbus intrigued by Paulo Del Pozo's idea: sailing westward from Europe would be faster.
1486: Columbus presented plans to Spanish King forty nine the second and Queen Isabella the first.
1492: Christopher Columbus for his voyages.

First voyage: Columbus's intentions, embarkation (August 1492), difficulties of the journey, first contact with land in The Bahamas (October 11), and initial interactions with natives.
Second reading from the narrative of the third voyage: Columbus engages in discussions on how according to this observations and experiences, he believes the earth to be fair shaped.
Columbus's voyages and their impact on European settlement for Central, South, and North America.
Columbus's initial interactions set the tone for European-Indian relations for centuries.