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they have their own stories told in winter (in summer they had to work) about different Gods, animals
Coyote stories – stole fire from the internal fire of Gods and brought to humans)
The Sioux confederation (spolek) around Great Lakes – ruled by an assembly of warriors (only for men;
women could attend the meeting, but they couldn’t speak = silence members)
COLONIZATION OF AMERICA
before Columbus reached America a Viking sailor from Iceland:
Leif Ericson (place named: Vineland the good)
there are pieces of evidence that the Vikings reached the continent (iron was found)
they disappeared after 2 or 3 generations because there were no followers
1492 – Columbus arrived in America (reached Cuba and the Caribbean instead of India)
an Italian sailed under a Spanish flag that’s why the Spaniards were the first colonists
he wanted to make a trade between Europe and Asia
instead of reaching India he anchored on a new continent
since that time, he began to explore the New World which was inhabited by native Americans
America: named after an Italian Amerigo Vespuci
1607 – Jamestown in Virginia: 1st British colony in the North
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the king in England: James I.
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James Smith – a writer and captain who was connected with an establishment of the colony
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people who founded it were looking for economic opportunities in this world (businessmen)
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during the voyage many men died on diseases or starving
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despite the deaths many people risked and left England because there was poverty, no job opportunities and
food and clothes were extremely expensive at the beginning of 17th century (it was worth risking)
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colonists planted tobacco and sold it to Europa to make profit because Jamestown was good for business
because there were good conditions for growing tobacco
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in Europa people started smoking because tobacco was brought by sailors to Europe (first to England)