https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45 Figures and Groups en-us 2017-08-28 13:15:12 UTC 2017-08-31 21:50:50 UTC hello@padlet.com elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183102762 A  people group who were established around the beginning of the 13th century. They were a very warrior based tribe who built there civilization based on a godly sign. They were very developed socially, intellectually, and artistically.]]> 2017-08-28 13:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183102762 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183103110 This group of Native American people lived in the Midwest of North America. They lived in mud mounds and were very efficient agriculturally. They grew plants in greenhouse like buildings and buried their dead efficiently. ]]> 2017-08-28 13:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183103110 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183103196 They were a mound building society. Most Mississippian mounds are rectangular, flat-topped earthen platforms upon which temples or residences of chiefs were erected. These buildings were constructed of wooden posts covered with mud plaster and had thatched roofs. They didn't work in stone or metal, hence little is known about them as very few of their artifacts or architecture have survived.]]> 2017-08-28 13:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183103196 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183103331 Hiawatha was the legendary chief of the Onondaga tribe who advocated peace with the European settlers. He is credited with establishing the Iroquois Confederacy. He was a follower of the Great Peacemaker (Deganawida) and shared the vision of the prophet and acted as the spokesman for Deganawida. ]]> 2017-08-28 13:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183103331 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104530 They were seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse Language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central and eastern Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries. They were mostly known for having advanced sailing and navigational skills, and characterized by the longship. A voyage was set to North America and set up short-lived settlements in present-day L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, and Labrador, Canada.]]> 2017-08-28 13:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104530 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104576 Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo traveled from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He wrote Il Milione which was a book about his travels. Marco was not given credit for what he did but he did inspire Columbus, nearly two centuries after he passed.]]> 2017-08-28 13:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104576 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104608 He became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia. Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope and then sailed around Africa’s southernmost point, Cabo das Agulhas. He made a path for other explorers such as Columbus to go out on voyages.]]> 2017-08-28 13:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104608 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104720 Vasco da Gama had a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East. After sailing down the western coast of Africa and rounding the Cape of Good Hope, he made numerous stops in Africa before reaching the trading post in India. After his voyage to India he was recognized as a hero by Portugal, and was sent on a second expedition to India in 1502, during which he brutally clashed with Muslim traders in the region. Two decades later, da Gama again returned to India, this time as Portuguese viceroy; he died there of an illness.]]> 2017-08-28 13:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104720 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104784 The marriage in 1469 of royal cousins, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, eventually brought stability to both the country of Aragon and Castile.Both Isabella and Ferdinand understood the importance of unity; together they effected institutional reform in Castile and left Spain one of the best administered countries in Europe.]]> 2017-08-28 13:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104784 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104913  Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas.]]> 2017-08-28 13:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104913 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104976 He helped establish the town of Darién on the Isthmus of Panama, becoming interim governor. In 1513, he led the first European expedition to the Pacific Ocean, but news of the discovery arrived after the king had sent Pedro Arias de Ávila to serve as the new governor of Darién. Ávila, reportedly jealous of Balboa, had him beheaded for treason in 1519.]]> 2017-08-28 13:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183104976 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105158 Magellan was trying to discover a western route to Spice Islands. On his route he discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean. Only one ship returned home three years later. Although it was laden with valuable spices from the East, only 18 of the fleet’s original crew of 270 returned with the ship. Magellan himself was killed in battle on the voyage.]]> 2017-08-28 13:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105158 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105196 Juan was believed to have accompanied Christopher Columbus on his 1493 voyage to the New World. A decade later, he was serving as governor of the eastern province of Hispaniola when he decided to explore a nearby island, which became Puerto Rico. In pursuit of a rumored fountain of youth Ponce de Leon led an expedition to the coast of what is now Florida in 1513. Thinking it was the island he sought, he sailed back to colonize the region in 1521, but was fatally wounded in an Indian attack soon after his arrival.]]> 2017-08-28 13:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105196 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105261  Francisco was serving as governor of an important province in New Spain (Mexico) when he heard reports of the so-called Seven Golden Cities located to the north. In 1540, Coronado led a major Spanish expedition up Mexico’s western coast and into the region that is now the southwestern United States. He discovered what is now called the Grand Canyon and other landmarks.]]> 2017-08-28 13:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105261 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105344 Hernando de Soto accompanied Pizarro in his conquest of Peru in 1532. Seeking greater glory and riches, de Soto embarked on a major expedition in 1538 to conquer Florida for the Spanish crown. In 1541 de Soto and his crew were the first Europeans to encounter and cross the Mississippi river.]]> 2017-08-28 13:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105344 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105380 In 1513, he joined Vasco Nunez de Balboa in his march to the "South Sea," during which Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean. In 1532, Pizarro and his brothers conquered Peru. In 1535 Pizarro founded the nation's new capital, Lima. Pizarro was assassinated in 1541, in Lima, Peru, by vengeful members of an enemy faction of conquistadors.]]> 2017-08-28 13:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105380 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105438 Though initially he was a willing participant in the conquest of the Caribbean, Spanish explorer and missionary Bartolome de Las Casas later worked against the opression of indigenous races especially the Indians by Europeans. He wrote a number of works which inspired later revolutionary thinkers.]]> 2017-08-28 13:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105438 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105542 Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who defeated the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain. Cortes joined an expedition to Cuba. In 1518, he set off to explore Mexico. There he strategically aligned some native peoples against others to overthrow them. King Charles I appointed him governor of New Spain in 1522. ]]> 2017-08-28 13:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105542 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105569 In 1519, after a battle between Mayans and Spaniards, twenty young slave women were offered to the Spanish. Malinche was one of the quickest to learn Spanish and she became Hernan Cortes' interpreter. She and Cortes had a very close romantic relationship where they had a son. Records  indicate that Malinche informed Cortes of an Aztec plot to destroy his army and their conquest which is now considered treason.]]> 2017-08-28 13:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105569 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105622 He was the ninth emperor of the Aztecs and had a close confrontation with Hernan Cortes. Montezuma tried to trick Cortes into not pretending to be the white bearded god that was supposed to come and Montezuma was later killed as a prisoner of war. ]]> 2017-08-28 13:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105622 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105640 In 1496, King Henry VII issued letters patent to Cabot and his son, which authorized them to make a voyage of discovery and to return with goods for sale on the English market. In London in late 1497, Cabot proposed to King Henry VII that he set out on a second expedition across the north Atlantic. This time, he would continue westward from his first landfall until he reached the island of what is now Japan.The ship was lost and Cabot was believed to have perished in 1499.]]> 2017-08-28 13:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105640 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105690 Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland. The final voyage crew was attacked by a large assemblage of cannibalistic natives, in what is now Jamaica, who killed them and ate them all. ]]> 2017-08-28 13:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183105690 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183106052 Don requested to conquer and govern New Mexico was approved in 1595. In 1598 he crossed the Rio Grande. From there he sent out small parties in all directions to search for treasure that did not exist. In a last attempt to recover his dignity he led an expedition west to the Colorado River and south to the Gulf of California, but he still found no gold.He was so ashamed that he resigned.]]> 2017-08-28 13:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183106052 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183106090  Robert was an explorer best known for leading an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. He claimed the region watered by the Mississippi and its tributaries for France and named it Louisiana after King Louis XIV. His last expedition to establish fur trading posts failed and he died.]]> 2017-08-28 13:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183106090 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183107156 He participated in the conquest of Cuba in the early 1500s and later battled the Aztecs in Mexico. Cabrillo eventually made his fortune in Guatemala, mining gold and trading goods, mostly slaves. In hopes of more riches, he set out to explore the California coast. He died from an infection from a wound suffered after an attack on his expedition by Tongva tribesmen.]]> 2017-08-28 13:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183107156 elizabethandjennifer https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183107273 He was the founder of the Missions, currently known as California. He wanted to become a missionary for the new world and thats what he did but religion made him blind to what he was actually doing especially for the Franciscans. ]]> 2017-08-28 13:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethandjennifer/9ekakkxwre45/wish/183107273