
Q: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
A: American Indians / Native Americans
Q: What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
A: Africans / people from Africa
Q: Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
A: Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit
Early European settlements:
Jamestown, Virginia (1607) — first permanent English settlement
Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620) — Pilgrims, Mayflower Compact
Dutch — New Amsterdam (1626) — became New York
Spanish — Florida and the Southwest
The Mayflower Compact (1620): First governing document of Plymouth Colony. Established idea of self-governance by consent of the governed — a precursor to the Constitution.
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