Native Americans in the United States - Initial impacts. The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the Native Americans. In the 15th to 19th centuries, their populations were ravaged, by the privations of displacement, by disease, and in many cases by warfare with European groups and enslavement by them. The first Native American group encountered by Christopher Columbus, the 250,000 Island Arawaks more properly called Taino of Haiti Quiskaya, Cubanacan (Cuba) and Borique ...

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Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in the United States - Early history, Native Americans in the United States - The Bering Strait Land Bridge theory, Native Americans in the United States - Settling down, Native Americans in the United States - European colonization, Native Americans in the United States - Initial impacts, Native Americans in the United States - Early relations, Native Americans in the United States - Removal and reservations, Native Americans in the United States - Current status, Native Americans in the United States - Cultural aspects, Native Americans in the United States - Society, Native Americans in the United States - Religion, Native Americans in the United States - Gender roles, Native Americans in the United States - Music and art, Native Americans in the United States - Economy, Native Americans in the United States - Terminology differences, Native Americans in the United States - Common usage in the U.S., Native Americans in the United States - Bibliography

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Native Americans in the United States - Initial impacts. The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the Native Americans. In the 15th to 19th century, their populations were ravaged, by the privations of displacement, by disease, and in many cases by warfare with European groups and enslavement by them. The first Native American group encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the 250,000 Island Arawaks (more properly called the Taino) of Haiti Quiskaya, Cubanacan (Cuba) ...

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Native Americans in the United States (also Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are those indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States, and their descendants in ...

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Native Americans in the United States - European colonization
Native Americans in the United States - Initial impacts Native Americans in the United States - Early relations Native Americans in the United States - Removal and reservations Native Americans in the United States - Current status
Native Americans in the United States - Cultural aspects
Native Americans in the United States - Society Native Americans in the United States - Religion Native Americans in the United States - Gender roles Native Americans in the United States - Music and art Native Americans in the United States - Economy
Native Americans in the United States - Terminology differences
Native Americans in the United States - Common usage in the U.S.
Native Americans in the United States - Bibliography

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In Pre-Columbian times (before Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492), the only inhabitants of what is now the Southern United States were Native Americans. The most important Native American nation in the region was the Mississippian people, who were a Mound builder culture that flourished in the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States in the centuries leading up to European contact. The Mississippian way of life be ...

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History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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After the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the exploration of the new world opened to other European Countries, most notably England. Walter Raleigh established a settlement on Roanoke Island, North Carolina in 1585, though the colony failed to prosper. The colonists were retrieved the following year by English supply ships. In 1587, Raleigh again set out with a group of colonists to Roanoke. From this colony, the first recorded European birth in North America, a child named Virginia Dare, was reported. That group of colonists disappeared and is known as the "Los ...

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History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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For details, see main article American Civil War. The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 devastated the Old South socially and economically. Before the war, the South was the wealthiest part of the United States. After the war, during the Reconstruction period, the South struggled to rise from poverty and worked to establish a successful economy from the ashes. Richmond, Virginia, the former Capital of the Confederacy, grew quickly mostly due to its railroads, canals, ...

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History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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After the upheaval of the American Revolution effectively ended in 1781 at the Battle of Yorktown, the South became a major political force in the development of the United States. With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation, the South found political stability, with little federal interference in state affairs. However, with this stability came weakness by design, and the inability of the Confederation to maintain economic viability eventually forced the creation of the United States Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787. Importan ...

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History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery. At the outbreak of the war, slavery was legal in the Northern States of Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky. Slavery was also legal in Washington D.C. and remained legal in the new Union State of West Virginia. On January 1, 1863, as the third year of the war approached, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in US states not under Federal control. This had several effects to include augmenting the ranks of the Union Ar ...

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History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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For main article, see American Revolution: War in the South At the start of the Revolutionary War, the focus was in the Northeast, but a stalemate quickly developed, causing the British to rethink their strategy. A plan was made that involved capturing the Southern colonies and sweeping north, effectively choking off the resistance. There was a sizable population of British sympathizers in the Carolinas and, though the populations of these colonies had surpassed some of their northern counterparts, the region was still mostly rural wilderness. Lord Cornwa ...

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History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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With no voting rights and no voice in government, Blacks in the South were subjected to a brutal system of segregation and discrimination. Blacks could not go to the same schools as whites; they could not eat in the same restaurants, travel on the same train cars, live in the same neighborhoods, shop in the same stores. Nor could they serve on juries, which meant that they had little if any legal recourse. During the first half of the 20th century, Southern Whites could beat, rob, or murder Blacks at will for minor infractions (Loewen ...

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History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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In the decades after World War II, the old agrarian Southern economy evolved into the "New South" – a manufacturing region with strong roots in Northern-style financial capitalism. As a result, high-rise buildings began to crowd the skylines of Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Dallas, Nashville, and Little Rock. This industrialization and modernization of the South picked up speed with the ending of racial segregation laws in the 1970s. Today, the economy of the South is a diverse mixture of agriculture, light and heavy industry, touris ...

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History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration. After Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies, Spain made frequent exploratory trips to the New World. Rumors of natives being decorated with gold and stories of a Fountain of Youth helped hold the interest of many Spanish explorers, and colonization followed eventually. Among the first European settlements in North America were Spanish settlements in what would later become the state of Florida. Spain also colonized parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

History of the Southern United States, History of the Southern United States - Native American civilizations, History of the Southern United States - European colonization, History of the Southern United States - Spanish exploration, History of the Southern United States - French colonization, History of the Southern United States - American Colonial Era 1607-1775, History of the Southern United States - Rise of tobacco culture and slavery in the colonial South, History of the Southern United States - The growth of the Southern colonies, History of the Southern United States - The South in the American Revolution, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum Era 1781-1860, History of the Southern United States - Antebellum slavery, History of the Southern United States - Nullification crisis political representation and rising sectionalism, History of the Southern United States - Election of 1860 Secession and Lincoln's response, History of the Southern United States - Formation of the Confederacy, History of the Southern United States - Civil War 1860-1865, History of the Southern United States - Reconstruction 1865-1877, History of the Southern United States - Abolition of slavery, History of the Southern United States - Military occupation, History of the Southern United States - Backlash to Reconstruction, History of the Southern United States - From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights Movement, History of the Southern United States - Development and evolution of the New South 1945-Present

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The most controversial question relating to the population history of American indigenous peoples is whether or not the natives of the Americas were the victims of genocide. After the Nazi-perpetrated Holocaust during World War II, genocide was defined (in part) as a crime "committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such." Does genocide apply to the experience of the indigenous peoples of the New World? Some scholars believe that it does. Historian David Stannard h ...

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Population history of American indigenous peoples, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Population overview, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Depopulation from disease, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Why were the diseases so deadly?, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Deliberate infection?, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Other causes of depopulation, Population history of American indigenous peoples - War and violence, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Exploitation, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Displacement and disruption, Population history of American indigenous peoples - The genocide debate, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Notes

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Population history of American indigenous peoples - War and violence. While epidemic disease was by far the leading cause of the population decline of the American indigenous peoples after 1492, there were other contributing factors, all of them related to European contact and colonization. One of these factors was warfare. According to demographer Russell Thornton, although many lives were lost in wars over the centuries, and war sometimes contributed to the near extinction of certain tribes, warfare and death b ...

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Population history of American indigenous peoples, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Population overview, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Depopulation from disease, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Why were the diseases so deadly?, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Deliberate infection?, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Other causes of depopulation, Population history of American indigenous peoples - War and violence, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Exploitation, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Displacement and disruption, Population history of American indigenous peoples - The genocide debate, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Notes

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Estimates of how many people were living in the Americas when Columbus arrived have varied tremendously; in the 20th century scholarly estimates ranged from a low of 8.4 million to a high of 112.5 million persons. Given the fragmentary nature of the evidence, precise pre-Columbian population figures are impossible to obtain; estimates are often produced by extrapolation from comparatively small bits of data. In 1976, geographer William Denevan used these various estimates to derive a "consensus count" of about 54 million people, although some recent estimates are lower than that.See also:

Population history of American indigenous peoples, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Population overview, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Depopulation from disease, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Why were the diseases so deadly?, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Deliberate infection?, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Other causes of depopulation, Population history of American indigenous peoples - War and violence, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Exploitation, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Displacement and disruption, Population history of American indigenous peoples - The genocide debate, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Notes

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The earliest European immigrants offered two principal explanations for the population decline of the American natives. The first was the brutal practices of the Spanish conquistadors, as recorded by the Spanish themselves, most notably by the Dominican friar Bartolomé de Las Casas, whose writings vividly depict atrocities committed on the natives by the Spanish. The second explanation was religious: God had removed the natives as part of His divine plan in order to make way for a new Christian civilization. Many natives of the Americas als ...

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Population history of American indigenous peoples, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Population overview, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Depopulation from disease, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Why were the diseases so deadly?, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Deliberate infection?, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Other causes of depopulation, Population history of American indigenous peoples - War and violence, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Exploitation, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Displacement and disruption, Population history of American indigenous peoples - The genocide debate, Population history of American indigenous peoples - Notes

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Some people, particularly Native Americans, find the holiday offensive because they object to honoring a person whom they see as opening the door to European colonization, the exploitation of native peoples and the slave trade. In the United States, this has caused a persistent controversy between Native Americans and Italian Americans. Some communities, such as Berkeley, California, have renamed the holiday to Indigenous Peoples Day. The state of South Dakota renamed the holiday Native American Day in 1989. In 2002, the Venezu ...

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History of Guam - Capture of Guam. On June 21, 1898, Guam was captured by the United States in the bloodless Battle of Guam during the Spanish-American War. By the Treaty of Paris, Spain officially ceded Guam to the United States. Since then, Guam served as a way station for American ships traveling to and from the Philippines. The 1910 Catholic Encyclopedia wrote, "Guam is 32 miles long, from 3 to 10 miles broad, and about 200 sq. miles in area. Of its total population of 11,490 (11,159 natives), Agana, t ...

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History of Guam, History of Guam - Guam prior to European contact, History of Guam - Migrations, History of Guam - Chamorro society, History of Guam - Latte, History of Guam - The Spanish Era, History of Guam - Discovery, History of Guam - Colonization, History of Guam - The American Era, History of Guam - Capture of Guam, History of Guam - World War II, History of Guam - Post World War II

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Main article: History of Minnesota Minnesota - History prior to joining the United States. Before European colonization, the area now known as Minnesota was inhabited by Native Americans, in particular the Ojibwe (Chippewa, Anishinaabe) and Dakota, although the Winnebago also had a presence in the southeastern part of the state. In this time, the economy originally consisted of hunter-gatherer activities, which changed over time as Europeans settled in the area and further exploited the state's natural resources. Before the arrival of Dakota and Ojibwe, Cheyenne and Gros Vent ...

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Minnesota, Minnesota - History, Minnesota - History prior to joining the United States, Minnesota - Joining the United States, Minnesota - Culture, Minnesota - Law and government, Minnesota - Geography, Minnesota - Economy, Minnesota - Major industries/products, Minnesota - Energy use and production, Minnesota - State taxes, Minnesota - Demographics, Minnesota - Ethnic groups/Ancestry groups, Minnesota - Population distribution, Minnesota - Religion, Minnesota - Education, Minnesota - Colleges and Universities, Minnesota - Professional sports teams, Minnesota - Miscellaneous information, Minnesota - Symbols and emblems, Minnesota - Naval ships named for Minnesota, Minnesota - Early explorers, Minnesota - Famous people from Minnesota, Minnesota - Mythical figures from Minnesota

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