FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Malaria
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Fear of Natives
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no fertile land inland
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easier for ships to access the shore
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did the Spanish concentrate their initial colonization of Georgia along the barrier islands? The barrier islands provided easy ship access and could bring supplies needed for inland expeditions, as well as, supplies for the mission towns.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spain had three objectives in its policy toward the Philippines, its only colony in Asia: to acquire a share in the spice trade, to develop contacts with China and Japan in order to further Christian missionary efforts there, and to convert the Filipinos to Christianity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish explorers and missionaries entered Georgia in the early 1500s. European contact made a dramatic impact on the American Indians. European missionaries attempted to convert the natives to their religion. They also brought diseases that wiped out a large portion of the native population.
Detailed explanation-4: -About 1540, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, on a quest for silver and gold, led the first European expedition into the area that is now Georgia. There he encountered the highly organized agriculturalists of Mississippian culture.