European Questions

Paleo

Archaic

Woodland

Mississippian

Corn, beans, squash

Corn, tobacco, potatoes

Squash, sunflowers, peanuts

Wheat, corn, rice

Democracy

Chiefdom

Confederacy

Monarchy

Gold, Glory, and Government

God, Gold, and Glory

Growth, Guns, and Gold

Glory, Geography, and Gold

Discovering silver mines in Alabama

Establishing the first French settlement

Introducing pigs to the Southeast

Constructing forts along the Mississippi River

Defeat in war

Famine

European diseases

Loss of trade networks

To train Native Americans as soldiers

To convert Native Americans to Christianity

To trade fur with Native Americans

To search for gold

Importing more goods than exporting

Maximizing exports over imports

Storing all wealth in banks

Rejecting colonial expansion

Iroquois and Shawnee

Creek and Cherokee

Sioux and Apache

Seminole and Choctaw

He destroyed their farmland and forced them into slavery, causing widespread disruption.

His men taught them to grow European crops that replaced their traditional foods, changing their way of life.

His army spread diseases through existing trade networks, devastating populations and weakening their society.

He captured chiefs and forced the people to join Spanish missions, undermining their leadership and traditions.