Album of the Album of the American American ColoniesColonies

Jesse BrownJesse Brown

American ColoniesAmerican Colonies Scholars thought Native Scholars thought Native

Americans to be unchanging Americans to be unchanging before 1492before 1492 Europe overwhelms IndiansEurope overwhelms Indians Archaeology suggests Archaeology suggests

Indians were profoundly Indians were profoundly changingchanging

DebateDebate Did Indians live in perfect Did Indians live in perfect

Harmony pre-1492?Harmony pre-1492? Were they violent savages?Were they violent savages?

Who was more savageWho was more savage Europe?Europe? Indians?Indians?

American ColoniesAmerican Colonies Spanish FrontierSpanish Frontier

Spanish faced effective Spanish faced effective resistance from the resistance from the ChichimecaChichimeca

Spanish hoped there were Spanish hoped there were more vulnerable Indiansmore vulnerable Indians To get more resourcesTo get more resources

Cortes penetrates Aztecs Cortes penetrates Aztecs to conquer a well to conquer a well populated and wealthy populated and wealthy empireempire

American ColoniesAmerican Colonies New France VS. BritsNew France VS. Brits

Frances limited numbers Frances limited numbers decreased friction with decreased friction with IndiansIndians

French looked for Indian French looked for Indian help to protect Canadahelp to protect Canada

French finds Louisiana French finds Louisiana 1717thth century century Chief rival for Brits in Chief rival for Brits in

American southeastAmerican southeast

In Europe French In Europe French diplomats pretended they diplomats pretended they controlled the Indianscontrolled the Indians

The Jesuit RelationsThe Jesuit Relations Before the Jesuits arrivedBefore the Jesuits arrived

French explorers already French explorers already had contact with the had contact with the IndiansIndians

French Colonized westwardFrench Colonized westward

Jesuit enterprise affected Jesuit enterprise affected by relations between the by relations between the French and IndiansFrench and Indians

French made their French made their fortunes through fur fortunes through fur trade with Native hunterstrade with Native hunters

The Jesuit RelationsThe Jesuit Relations New France 1633New France 1633

French boy injures IndianFrench boy injures Indian Indian tradition to receive Indian tradition to receive

gifts from punishmentgifts from punishment French Punished with whipsFrench Punished with whips

Indians wouldn’t allow Indians wouldn’t allow boy to be punished French boy to be punished French wayway Indians didn’t believe in Indians didn’t believe in

spankings or whippingspankings or whipping French saw this is tough French saw this is tough

because they wouldn’t be because they wouldn’t be able to punish the Indian able to punish the Indian childrenchildren

AztecsAztecs CortezCortez

Spanish explorer to take Spanish explorer to take over Aztec civilizationover Aztec civilization

Tricks Natives and Tricks Natives and slaughters peopleslaughters people

AztecsAztecs Couldn’t understand Couldn’t understand

why they were being why they were being attackedattacked

More worried about More worried about obtaining human obtaining human sacrifice than expandingsacrifice than expanding

Struggle and SurvivalStruggle and Survival SquantoSquanto

Tale of young Indian Tale of young Indian teaching colonizers survival teaching colonizers survival methodsmethods

Patuxet IndiansPatuxet Indians Exercised independence in Exercised independence in

making political judgments making political judgments and decisionsand decisions

Squanto helped secure Squanto helped secure peace with bands on peace with bands on Cape Cod and guided Cape Cod and guided expeditions to expeditions to Massachusetts BayMassachusetts Bay

Struggle and SurvivalStruggle and Survival Red ShoesRed Shoes

WarriorWarrior DiplomatDiplomat

Fell ill on trading pathFell ill on trading path Member of allied tribe Member of allied tribe

stabbed and killed himstabbed and killed him

There was a French There was a French price on his headprice on his head Sparked civil warSparked civil war

Struggle and SurvivalStruggle and Survival Antonio de GouveiaAntonio de Gouveia

AdventurerAdventurer Azorean PriestAzorean Priest 1616thth century century Portuguese territoryPortuguese territory

After struggle the After struggle the aborigines were under aborigines were under controlcontrol After Gouveias death, After Gouveias death,

Caete Indians rebelled Caete Indians rebelled against the Portuguese, against the Portuguese, led by French soldiersled by French soldiers

Struggle and SurvivalStruggle and Survival 15081508

Aztec Natives sot Aztec Natives sot Spanish ships off Spanish ships off eastern coasteastern coast

Alarmed leaders of Alarmed leaders of Mexica 10 years Mexica 10 years before the conquest before the conquest of their empireof their empire Prophecies regarding Prophecies regarding

the fall of tenochtitlan the fall of tenochtitlan were correctwere correct

Fall of the Aztec Fall of the Aztec EmpireEmpire

SourcesSources Slide 1: Slide 1: American Colonies - American Colonies - Chapter 1Chapter 1 Slide 2: Slide 2: American Colonies - American Colonies - Chapter 4Chapter 4 Slide 3: Slide 3: American ColoniesAmerican Colonies - Chapter 16 - Chapter 16 Slide 4: Slide 4: The Jesuit Relations - The Jesuit Relations - Page 9Page 9 Slide 5: Slide 5: The Jesuit Relations - The Jesuit Relations - Page 36Page 36 Slide 6: Slide 6: Aztecs - Aztecs - BookBook Slide 7: Slide 7: Struggle and Survival - Struggle and Survival - Page 228Page 228 Slide 8: Slide 8: Struggle and Survival - Struggle and Survival - Page 49Page 49 Slide 9: Slide 9: Struggle and Survival - Struggle and Survival - Page 142Page 142 Slide 10: Slide 10: Struggle and Survival - Struggle and Survival - Page 128Page 128