JL+Chapter+One

Chapter One: New World Beginnings.  · The basic geological from of North America came to be about 10 million years ago.  · About 10,000 years ago, the glaciers retreated, making North America what we reconize today.  · The seal level dropped around 35,000 years ago, showing a land bridge connecting Eurasia with North America.  · Nomadic Asian hunters continued to trex across Beringithmus for 250 centuries.  · Sea level rose again covering land bridge 10,000 years ago. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">in 1492, the Europeans arrived when the native population was spread throughout both North and South America. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Incas, Mayans, & Aztecs had surprisingly sophisticated civilations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Corn planting arrived in 1200BC. Powerfully molded Pueblo Culture <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Scandinavia found the Northeastern part of North America in 1000AD & named it Vinland but their discovery was soon abandoned and forgotten. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Marco Polo returned to Europe in 1295 and discribed China as what might actually have been the new world. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Bahamas was founded by Christopher Columbus on October 12th, 1492. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">New World plants being gifts to the Europeans revolutionized the Europeans diet and economy. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Christopher Columbus giving cattle, swine, and horses let the Apaches, Sioux, and Blackfoot tribes become wide ranging hunters. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Europeans also unknowingly brought seeds such as blue grass, dandelions, diseases, & dasies. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Treaty of Tordesillas secured Spain's claim to Columbus discovery. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan left Spanin with five tiny boats and was slain by an inhabitant of the Philippines. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Juan Ponce de Leon explored Florida in 1513-1521. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In 1540-1542 Francisco Conronado discovered the grand Canyon and Colorado river. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Giovanni Cabato explored the North eastern coast of North American in 1497/98. <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">