Timeline of Early America

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 There are many important dates within the history of early America, from the discovery of the New World to the American Revolution. In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovers the New World, he landed in the Bahamas a place he originally named San Salvador. In 1534, France establishes New France Colony, areas including Canada and the Louisiana Territory. in 1585, the Lost Colony of Roanoke was settled and then lost to history. Between 1607-1656, England, Holland, the Puritans, Sweden, and the Quakers created colonies on the east coast of the New World. In 1664, England captured New Amsterdam and in 1665 renamed it New York City. In 1667, England obtained Holland's colonies and renamed it New York. In 1690, Spain colonized what is now Texas, and in the same year the first official newspaper in America, the Publick Occurrences, was published. In 1754, the French and Indian War started, this war was between France and its Native American allies against England, the Colonial Militias, and their Native American Allies. In 1763, the Treaty of Paris brought an end to the French and Indian wars, and France lost the majority of its lands within North America to England and Spain. This is the period of time that created the environment in which the colonists began to see them as separate from England. In just 2 short years the colonists will declare independence from England and the American Revolutionary War will begin. 

Early American Colonial History Timeline Infographic. (2014, September 9). Retrieved September 18, 2022, from GenealogyBank Blog website: https://blog.genealogybank.com/early-american-colonial-history-timeline-infographic.html

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Importance of Beer in Early America

 

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While in the world today beer is considered a luxury item that is restricted to individuals of a certain age, in early America it was required to survive. The necessity of drinking beer to survive arose from the urban European living that created polluted waters that were unsafe to drink. While these people did not understand the reasons behind it, people who drank water were plagued with a multitude of diseases including cholera and dysentery. However, people who were only drinking tea and beer were not getting sick. Nowadays, we know that this is a result of the water being boiled while brewing both tea and beer, killing the bacteria and microbes causing the diseases. The mentality of water is harmful to health was brought to America with the European settlers, and while the water in America was safe to drink beer was still regarded as the only safe way to survive. The necessity of beer for daily life resulted in every household brewing their own beer until the late 1600s when the creation of public taverns reduced the need for each house to create its own beer. 

Carver, M. (2022, January 10). Importance of Beer in the 1700’s Colonial America. Retrieved September 18, 2022, from Michael Carver—Historical Interpreter/Reenactor website: https://colonialbrewer.com/2022/01/09/importance-of-beer-in-the-1700s-colonial-america/

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Snapshot of Early America

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In the United States, the history of America typically begins with the arrival of European settlers to the New World. However, while this is the beginning of European history within America we must realize that Native American history started thousands of years prior to the first European setting foot on this continent. The contemporary history of the Americas includes explorers and settlers from multiple countries, including Spain, England, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, and other European countries. When Europeans came to the Americas they brought with them disease, new plant crops, advanced technology, and weapons, such as firearms. During these early years, the colonists both coexisted with Native Americans, had many conflicts with them. The population of the colonists rapidly grew reaching around 50,000 by 1650 and around 250,000 people by 1700. During this period there were many conflicts between the colonists and the Native Americans, these included the Powhatan uprising in 1622, King Philip's War between 1675-1676, and the Yamasee War between 1715-1717. This early period of European American History started with the struggles of creating a new home and eventually found these colonists living in prosperity. This period also laid the groundwork for resentment between the colonists and England which eventually led to the American Revolutionary War. 

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Iroquois Creation Myth (The Sky Woman)

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One version of the Iroquois creation myth involves the Sky Woman who lived on a floating island in the sky with the sky people. In this place, there was no death or sadness. However, one day the Sky Woman found that she was pregnant with twins, and when she told her husband he became enraged and tore the tree of life from the ground. Through the hole in the floating island, that was created by the tree being torn away, the waters that covered Earth could be seen. When the Sky Woman gazed upon the waters below her husband pushed her into the hole and she fell towards Earth. As the Sky Woman fell two birds saw her and caught her on their backs before she could hit the waters. They brought her to the animals that already existed within the waters, and these animals tried to bring her mud from the bottom of the waters. While many failed to gather any mud one eventually succeeded and placed the mud on the back of Big Turtle. There the mud expanded in size until it was the size of North America. Once the Sky Woman stepped onto this new land she spread dust into the air and created the stars, moon, and sun. When she gave birth to her twins she named one sun Sapling and the other Flint. Sapling was a good and gentle person, while Flint was cold as the stone he was named for. Sapling created all that was good in the world and Flint did everything he could to destroy that which was good. Flint created hardships and the season of winter in which growth was difficult if not impossible. Sapling breathed life into winter to allow it to give way to spring and growth. 

Creation Myths—Iroquois Creation Myth. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2022, from http://dept.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_12.html

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