HIST 1100 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current LectureTerms: (What it is? Why it matters?)Current LectureMissouri State Requirement- In the 1960s, the state legislature made a law that made sure that all students from the universities would come out as ‘educated citizens’. This matters becauseit forces students to become well-rounded people and be educated in every field.Social Location- The fact that everyone has a ‘social location’, everyone is divided into some main differences. Example: men verses women. This matters because the different social locations create the conflict or cooperation between groups.January 27th, 2014Terms:- Columbus Dayo The day that Columbus founded the new world. It is significant because he didn’t truly discovery it. The Native Americans were there far before he discovered it. - Ivan Von Sertimao Wrote the book ‘They Came Before Columbus’o **Look at ‘African Discover America’**- Social Locationo The fact that everyone has a ‘social location’, everyone is divided into some main differences. Example: men verses women. This matters because the different social locations create the conflict or cooperation between groups.- The Columbian Exchangeo Columbus re-united the New World with the Old World. The New World was cut off from the Old World ever since the last Ice Age. We should giveColumbus credit for reintegrating the North American continent to the rest of the world.- The Great Influenza of 1492o Started the disease exchange, mostly influenza and small pox. But the natives gave the Europeans Syphilis. Exchange of disease of the rats that came and went on the ships that Columbus brought. Exploration and Discovery of the New WorldWho Discovered America?- Native Americanso Crossed the ice bridge from Russia. Didn’t really discovery North America,they found it. - Africanso Found spears similar to Africans, in the Caribbean. o Western African cotton was growing in the New Worldo In Journals from Conquistadors, they saw black men among the natives o Huge head carvings were discovered in Central America, and they are almost indistinguishable from African head carvings- Europeanso Vikings They established a colony in Newfoundland, before Columbus came; Native Americans drove the Vikings out of Newfoundland. o SpanishReconnecting America: The Impact of the Columbian Exchange- The Exchange of Plants and Animalso Europeans brought chickens, goats, cows, horses to the New World Animals transferred diseases to native animals, especially llama and alpacas o Natives gave tomatoes, potato, corn- The Improved European Diet and Population Growtho The settlers ate very well because the cows, chickens, and goats could reproduce like crazy because there were unlimited grass and not many hunters- The Exchange of Disease and the Decimation of the Native American Populationo Small Pox + influenza was one of the main killers in the New World because they were cut off from the rest of the world and did not grow immunities to help them fight the diseaseso There were 1 million Arrow Ax Indians and later there were only 500
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