https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz en-us 2023-08-27 16:49:06 UTC 2023-08-27 17:40:23 UTC hello@padlet.com hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674211143 Hunter-gatherers in highland Mexico developed wild grass into the crop of corn. Corn cultivation became the foundation of Aztec and Incan civilizations.]]> 2023-08-27 16:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674211143 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674212079 Corn planting reached the American Southwest and shaped the Pueblos culture. The Pueblos constructed irrigation systems to water their cornfields.]]> 2023-08-27 17:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674212079 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674212747 The Mississippian settlement at Cahokia was home to over 25,000 people. Those of which included Anasazis. The Anasazis built a large pueblo with interconnected rooms.]]> 2023-08-27 17:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674212747 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674214278 Norse seafarers from Scandinavia landed in present-day Newfoundland. Their discovery was soon forgotten.]]> 2023-08-27 17:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674214278 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674214886 Italian adventurer Marco Polo returned to Europe in 1295 after a 20 year voyage in China and across Asia.]]> 2023-08-27 17:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674214886 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674215715 Portuguese mariners developed the caravel, a ship that sails more closely into the wind. The caravel was a vital technological advancement in Europe's expansion through Africa. There, they adopted the slave practices of the Africans and Arabs, creating a slave plantation system.]]> 2023-08-27 17:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674215715 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674216457 Italian seafarer Christopher Columbus went on a daring adventure, discovering the Bahamas on the way. Columbus' discovery eventually convulsed four continents - Europe, Africa, North and South America. ]]> 2023-08-27 17:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674216457 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674217474 Centuries after Columbus' discovery, the Columbia Exchange shaped the New World with Old World goods. This exchange was a trade system between America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Many goods were exchanged, but so were diseases.]]> 2023-08-27 17:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674217474 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674218057 The Treaty of Tordesillas distributed the New World lands between Spain and Portugal. Spain got the majority of land, however, Portugal received territory in Africa and Asia.]]> 2023-08-27 17:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674218057 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674219185 Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer who crossed Panama in the Pacific Ocean and claimed those lands for Spain.

Juan Ponce de Leon explored Florida, seeking gold. ]]> 2023-08-27 17:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674219185 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674222041 Hernan Cortes traveled to Mexico and tricked the Aztec chieftain, Moctezuma. Cortes attacked the Aztecs and sieged their city in 1521 (noche triste). 
During this time, Ferdinand Magellan traveled off the tip of South America but was slain by inhabitants in the Philippines.]]> 2023-08-27 17:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674222041 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674224218 Caboto explored the northeastern coast of North America (first English representative to America). 


]]> 2023-08-27 17:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674224218 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674225072 Giovanni da Verrazano (Italian) probed the eastern shore-board. Ten years later, Frenchman Jacques Cartier journeyed up the St. Lawrence River.]]> 2023-08-27 17:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674225072 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674226193 Hernando de Soto went on a gold seeking expedition, discovering the Mississippi River. He brutally mistreated Indians.

From 1540-1542 Francisco Coronado wandered through Arizona and New Mexico, going towards Kansas.]]> 2023-08-27 17:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674226193 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674226754 The Battle of Acoma was led by Don Juan de Onate. Spaniards cruelly abused Pueblos people in New Mexico.

1609 - Spain proclaimed the area they conquered to be New Mexico.]]> 2023-08-27 17:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674226754 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674227305 Pope's Rebellion was an act against religion. Pueblos destroyed every Catholic church in the province and killed hundreds of Spanish settlers.]]> 2023-08-27 17:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674227305 hm7834 https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674227935 Spanish missionaries led by Father Junipero Serra founded San Diego and christianized 300,000 native Californians, including native americans.]]> 2023-08-27 17:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hm7834/ggtrp1jicx0vg8qz/wish/2674227935