PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Colonialism and Native Peoples
They lived in the city of Tenochtitlan.
War was very important to their culture. Those who were soldiers were considered upper class.
They had many rituals with dancing, drama, and music.
The Aztecs believed in about 1,600 gods.
Hernan Cortes came, with other Spanish people, to conquer the Aztecs.
Even though the Spanish were outnumbered, The Aztecs could not compete with the Spanish's weapons.
After the Spaniards took control, Aztecs died of mistreatment as slaves, starvation, and disease.
There were many Native American tribes in Virginia.
Most Native Americans in Virginia lived in wooden wigwams. Their houses were put together in villages.
Native Americans also believe in many gods. Their religion was also rooted in nature.
The indigenous people of Virginia had a particular way of fighting. They treated it like hunting. They would hide and then attack unexpectedly.
The English came to Jamestown. They did not know how to farm, hunt, or fish. By 1607, they were running out of food.
The English were able to trade for what they needed. But they captured John Smith and was almost killed if it were not for Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas.
However, after John Smith left, Powhatan and Pocahontas died. Then, warriors attacked and killed over 400 colonists. But, the English kept coming and all of the Native Americans fled or were killed.
The Australian Aborigines
About 200 years after the English founded Jamestown, they colonized Australia.
The Aborigines' religion was also connected to nature. A time before the world was created was believed as the Dreamtime. This is when mythical beings created the world.
Captain Arthur Phillip arrived from England in 1788. He began the penal colony. Settlers kept coming into Australia and by the 1850s, Australia's European population tripled.
The Europeans affected the native people greatly. Mainly, they lost their land which was really hard on the Aborigine way of life.
The English did not make a big effort to spread Christianity. The Australian settlers just wanted the land.
The Aborigines welcomed the colonists at first, but they were claiming lands and they started to fight. Many were killed and whole villages were wiped out by disease.
