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Native American Indians Most likely from Mongolia Similar appearance Nomadic hunting 14,000 years ago (12,000 B.C.) Walked across the Bering Isthmus from Asia in search of food Native Indian Place Names –(locations named by original settlers and still in use) Appalachians, Mississippi, Alaska, Arizona, Texas, Nebraska, Dakota Early 1500 Spain claimed lands from Florida to California Expanded from Middle America and moved northward into southern U.S. Spanish Place Names locations: Florida, California, San Antonio, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Los Angeles In the 1600’s the British came across the Atlantic and settled in the northeast Prince Edward Island, Canada Virginia, New York (states) Richmond, Charleston (cities) Fur coats and hats were very popular in the early 1500’s. French men and some families came in search of Beaver pelts. Because of the Beaver, they settled along bodies of fresh water St. Lawrence River (Canada), the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River Locations named by the French Quebec and Montreal (Canada) Detroit and New Orleans (Cities named by French) 1619 slavery entered the southern U.S. Triangle Trade –Slaves came from Africa to the Americas, crops went to Europe, and hardware, crews and financing went from Europe then back to Africa Underground Railroad – in the late 1700’s anti-slavery whites helped smuggle slaves to slavery free territories TRIANGLE TRADE Slaves were transported into the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, and slave free northern states. 1700’s Germany was very unsafe By 1745 there were 45,000 Germans living in Pennsylvania Not Pennsylvania Dutch but Pennsylvania Deutch 1800’s Irish religious persecution (Catholic) potato famine Unskilled labor 1890 – 1930 Italian Overpopulation in Italy Vast poverty Disaster caused by tsunami Mt. Etna erupted causing earthquakes Melting Pot (assimilation) vs. Salad Bowl (acculturation) Obstacles to expansion 1. FALL LINE – point of a river where the river goes from deep, wide, and ca