Native Societies

Native Societies (Spanish Contact)

Hunter-Gatherer

No Concept of Private Property

Animalistic/Shamanistic Society

Encomienda System - enslaved to work on plantations

Had Caste system, based on how truly white/Spanish you

are

Exact life-style depended heavily on region

Eventually integrated with Spanish

Non-monolithic Group, no pan-Indianism

Economy based on Agriculture, trade minor/ignorable role

Initial European Contact

(General)

Native Societies (English Contact)

New Settlers did not integrate into existing tribes

- Their society based on excluding Indians, seizing their

land
Native Societies (Post first contact)

Began developing pan-Indianism as colonial expansion progressed

Hunter-Gatherer

Initially traded with English, eventually went to war

No Concept of Private Property

Animalistic/Shamanistic Society

Some served as allies for English in wars vs France in an

attempt to play the two powers against each other.

Exact life-style depended heavily on region

Non-monolithic Group, no pan-Indianism

Introduced to some aspects of private property

Disease spread, depopulated land and towns

Introduced to work animals

Native Societies (French Contact)

Intermarried somewhat with French Fur Traders

French tried spreading religion to somewhat

Primarily concerned with trapping for weapons/goodsmade certain species extinct

Fought in wars vs English as French Allies or in attempt to play the two powers against eachother

European Societies

Spanish Colonization

Feudalistic (Very Socially Stratified)

Liberty is based around following ones place in

society

Motivation to spread word of god and find gold

Conflict between converting natives to god vs Exploiting

them for gold

Horrible reputation led to other European powers begin to

challenge them (They also did horrible things)

Massive influx of gold made Spain rich, increased inflation in

Europe

Initial European Contact

(General)

English Colonization

Began unloading masses of poor people in the cities by exporting them as indentured services
-Also gave certain extreme protestant sects a new land

to settle

European Societies (Post First Contact)

After first contact, a series of events take place

that transform European Society

Gained money primarily through growing crash crops initially, Triangle Trade later

- Protestant Reformation
- Economic shift towards Mercantilism

Began funding more expeditions to find gold

No new diseases introduced

New crops introduced provided new sources of

food, money

French Colonization

Gave access to fur trade

Led to wars between England and France (7 Years, American Revolution)
Little actual colonization, conditions at France good enough to prevent that

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Climate

Settlement Types

Unique Adaptations

Food Sources

Eurasian Parallels

Southeast

Northeast

Great Plains

Hot/Cold Semi-Arid Desert

Humid subtropical (Fertile Land)

Humid Continental or Humid

Subtropical

Continental

Permanent

Permanent

Semi-Nomadic or Permanent

Permanent or Nomadic

Irrigation Systems, Cliff

dwellings, dry brick houses, Pueblos

Large Mounds, Cities

Slash and Burn Agriculture

Teepees (Portable Tents), Cities

Primarily Maize

Early Persia - Both relied

heavily on Irrigation systems for agriculture

Farming, Hunting

Agriculture and Hunting, shifted primariFarming (Three Sisters), Hunting ly to Bison after introduction of horses
to North America

Very General - Any settled agrarian

Forest FinnsRelied heavily on
civilization would fit, but China
Slash and Burn agriculture,
would fit closest due to large cities
though they lived in a much
and fertile region that parallels
colder region
Yangtze river basin.

Central AsiaNomadic for the most

part, although doesnt act as a trade
intermediary between civilizations.