8-1 STANDARDS

8-1.1

• Different languages spoken by Indians were
• Muskhogean
• Iroquoian
• Siouan
• Algonquian

8-1.2

• Spanish, French and English explorers all
• settled in the Middle Colonies
• Examples are Columbus and Lucas Ayllon

8-1.3

• Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in 1607
• There was a power struggle between English settlers vs settler from Barbados

8-1.4

• Slaves were brough into the Middle Colonies on the Middle Passage
• Slaves mostly came from West Africa
• Slaves were also used to harvest naval stores
• The growing demand for both rice & indigo led plantation owners to import
• more slaves

8-1.5

• The Native Americans and the English settlers often traded items such as
• Furs & deerskins in exchange for beads, trinkets, guns, and alcohol

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