FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Castaways from pirate ships and other boats that were sailing up and down the Atlantic Coast.
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European merchants who were gathering valuable natural resources in the area.
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Local Native American tribes who had lived in the area for centuries.
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Other Europeans who had originally settled in Barbados, but had traveled north to find better farmland.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cherokee Indians were one of the major Native American tribes in South Carolina during colonial times. However, the Cherokee had very little interaction with the first European explorers and settlers who arrived in the 16th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -1492. The first lasting contact between indigenous Americans and Europeans came as Arawak, Taino, and Lucayan peoples encountered the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his Spanish ships.
Detailed explanation-3: -European colonization of North America had a devastating effect on the native population. Within a short period of time their way of life was changed forever. The changes were caused by a number of factors, including loss of land, disease, enforced laws which violated their culture and much more.
Detailed explanation-4: -Native Americans began to “discover” Europe in 1493. when Christopher Columbus returned to Spain with captives. European sea captains seized Native Americans and brought them back to Europe on a regular basis in the 1500’s and 1600’s. The first Native Americans to visit England voluntarily were Manteo and Wanchese.
Detailed explanation-5: -By the time of the American Revolution, most Amerindians in South Carolina had organized into four major nations: the Cherokee, Creek, Cusabo, and Catawba.