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Exploration and Native Americans

Exploration and Native Americans

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History, Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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Christian Gonzalez

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12 Slides • 3 Questions

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Exploration and Native Americans

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Open Ended

What famous explorer(s) do you know?


What land did they discover?

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Christopher Columbus

  • Merchant family in Genoa

  • Attempted to find an alternate route to Asia

  • Reached the New World by accident

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The Columbus Voyages

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Henry Hudson

  • Commissioned by the English and Dutch to find the Northwest Passage

  • Sailed up what would be called the Hudson River and along what would be called the Hudson Bay

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Sir Francis Drake

  • Many of the English discoveries and territories were not as fruitful as the Spanish ones

  • The Government hired “privateers”

  • That’s a nice way of saying pirate

  • English Privateers raided Spanish ships

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Early Attempts at English Colonization

  • Privateers needed layovers stops

  • English colonies were not as fruitful as Spanish ones

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Poll

What do you think happened at Roanoke

They became Cannibals!

Abducted by Aliens

They were adopted by a near by tribe

Some other theory

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Native American Civilations

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Open Ended

What if anything do you know about Native American tribes?


Where do you think the tribe you know about live(d)?

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