On November 11, 1620, the Pilgrims came ashore on land that is now in Provincetown on Cape Cod. The booklet, Mourt’s Relation, written mostly by Edward Winslow who would become the third governor of Plymouth Colony, shows a map of where the first steps on land were supposed to have…
The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower. When Pilgrims and other settlers set out on the ship for America in 1620, they intended to lay anchor in northern Virginia. The Pilgrims and Puritans…
Trade within the tribe involved gift-giving, a means of obtaining needed items and social status. Trade between Plains tribes often took the form of an exchange of products of the hunt (bison robes, dried meat, and tallow) for agricultural products, such as corn and squash. Trade between Plains tribes often…
Meghan shared the devastation that she and Prince Harry felt after she lost a baby in July and was admitted to hospital. Writing in the New York Times, she described the moment, as she was changing the couple’s son Archie’s nappy at their home in Los Angeles, that she “dropped…
After Britain won the Seven Years’ War and gained land in North America, it issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. Proclamation of 1763. This royal proclamation, which closed down colonial expansion westward, was the first measure to affect all thirteen colonies.…
All four of these language groups are traditionally oral languages, which means they were not written down. Caciques and elders in some Keres and Tanoan-speaking Pueblos don’t want their languages to be written down at all, while other Pueblos encourage children to read and write their traditional languages today. Pueblo…
In which of the following ways were Native Americans affected by the American Revolution? Indians who helped the British forces were abandoned after the war, and their land holdings were not recognized by the Treaty of Paris. The Puritan work ethic is more commonly called the Protestant work ethic (the…
Paleo-Indians, the earliest ancestors of Native Americans, arrived in what is now Wisconsin during or after the retreat of the last continental glacier, about 12,000 years ago. A tribe of Paleo Indians may have even worked together to herd larger game over a cliff, killing it for food. In addition…
Stone Age people were hunters and gatherers, tracking wild animals for their meat; catching fish and collecting nuts, fruits and insects from the forest. They used their weapons to kill their prey and would have worked in groups to bring down large animals. Their diets varied according to geography, season…
Two members of the New England Patriots, Devin McCourty and Martellus Bennett, raised their fists on Sunday Night Football. The entire Seattle Seahawks team stood and interlocked arms. Jelani Jenkins, Arian Foster, Kenny Stills, and Michael Thomas of the Miami Dolphins all knelt during the National Anthem. ne week after…