1. Natives and Newcomers 8 th Grade Social Studies

2. The First Inhabitants Archaeologists- Scientist who discover and explain the evidence of human habitation found buried in the ground The first period was the Paleolithic and it was 10,000-7,000 BC Scientists believe that first inhabitants came from Asia during the Ice Age The Outer Banks where not here at this time At this time people where hunters

3. The First Inhabitants The second period was called the Archaic Period and it was from 7,000- 500 BC They formed foraging communities to help each other out with hunting and gathering These communities would move from place to place according to the season. In this period the people learned to trap and spear fish The major tools made during this time was the hammer, atlatl, ax, and rocks to grind things down

4. The First Inhabitants The Woodland Period was next and started in 1,000BC-1,000AD Maze was brought here from Mexico Clay was used for the first time to make pot The oldest known village where found along the Pee Dee River

5. The First Inhabitants The final time period was the Mississippian and it was from 800-1500AD This group was influenced by people that traveled up the Mississippi River This was the first time that we see people building places to practice religion. They began to see ceremonies such as the Green Corn Ceremony This era ended due to the first white people coming over.

6. Indian Life at the Time of European Contact There was a lot of Tribes in North Carolina at this time The Major tribes where the Algonquin, Tuscarora, Catawba, and the Cherokee The Cherokee is the most famous tribe from this group because of there size The Cherokee took up part of North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia

7. Indian Life at the Time of European Contact By this time the woodlands culture had spread and was common in all of the tribes in North Carolina Deer was the animal of choice for food and for clothing Most tribes planted the “three sisters” corn, beans, and squash.

8. Indian Life at the Time of European Contact Village life was the norm for all most all Native American groups by now Huts are the most common form of shelter for the Native American Children belong to the clan of their mother which is called matrilineal society

9. Indian Life at the Time of European Contact The Native Americans religion was mostly about nature They respected nature very much because they knew that their survival depended upon their interaction with nature A conjurer is what the white man would later call the medicine man

10. Indian Life at the Time of European Contact The meeting between the Native Americans and the Europeans brought big changes for both The Europeans brought plants and animal with them and traded them with the Native Americans Europeans also brought with them diseases and this was one reason why most Native American died off

11. European Explorers Come and Go Giovanni da Verrazano was an Italian explore but he worked for the King of France. He was searching for a faster route to China and the riches of Asia. He claimed that he did find it but what he found was the Pamlico Sound. The Pamlico sound was first named the “sea of Verrazano”.

12. European Explorers Come and Go Hernando de Soto explored from Florida to Mississippi. Soto explore the mountains of North Carolina by following the Catawba River He meet the Cherokee and was not nice to the Native Americans. Soto died while traveling the Mississippi River and was buried in the river

13. European Explorers Come and Go Juan Pardo was also a Spanish explore and stayed longer than Soto. Pardo had his base camp on the South Carolina coast. A Catholic priest came and tried to convert the native to Christian beliefs and habits. He was also looking for gold in the mountains.

14. European Explorers Come and Go Walter Raleigh Was a English explore. Him and his half brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert thought that they could find the Northwest Passage. The first try was stopped due to storm and the attacks by the Spanish. The second try Gilbert went and was lost at sea.

15. European Explorers Come and Go The next year Raleigh got another chance to go to the New World. Raleigh sent several expeditions over and settled in the New World. This settlement would become the famous Lost Colony.