Notes from Chapter 1- Give me Liberty
1. When did Indians settle in the new world?: "Indians" settled the New World between
15,000 and 60,000 years ago
2. What did North and South American Societies build?: built roads, trade networks, and
irrigation systems.
3. What did indians North of Mexico not have that Indians in the south did?: Indians
north of Mexico lacked literacy, metal tools, and scientific knowledge necessary for
long-distance navigation.
4. Mound Builders: Built 3,500 years ago along the Mississippi River in modern-day
Louisiana,
Poverty Point was a trading center for the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys.
5. Cahokia: Located near present-day St. Louis,
city known as Cahokia flourished with a population of 10,000-30,000 around the year
1200.
6. Western Indians: Hopi and Zuni
7. Hopi and Zuni: Hopi and Zuni ancestors settled around present-day Arizona and New
Mexico
built large planned towns with multiple-family dwellings,
traded with peoples as far away as Mississippi and central Mexico.
8. Diet of Eastern North America Indians?: diet of corn, squash, and beans and
supplemented it by fishing and hunting.
9. Relationship between Tribes in Eastern North America: Tribes frequently warred with
one another; however, there were also many loose alliances.
10. Native American Religion: Religious ceremonies were often directly related to
farming and hunting.
Those who were believed to hold special spiritual powers held positions of respect and
authority.
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11. Land and Property for the Indians: The idea of owning private property was foreign
to Indians.
Indians believed land was a common resource, not an economic commodity.
Wealth mattered little in Indian societies, and generosity was far more important.
12. Women in Native American Society: Women could engage in premarital sex and
choose to divorce their husbands, and most Indian societies were matrilineal.
Since men were often away on hunts, women attended to the agricultural duties, as well
as the household duties.
13. European Views of the Indians: Europeans felt that Indians lacked genuine religion.
Europeans claimed that Indians did not "use" the land and thus had no claim to it.
Europeans viewed Indian men as weak and Indian women as mistreated.
14. Indian Freedom: Europeans concluded that the notion of freedom was alien to
Indian societies.
15. Euro understanding of Freedom: freedom was based on ideas of personal
independence and the ownership of private property
16. European Christian Liberty: Europeans believed that to embrace Christ was to
provide freedom from sin.
"Christian liberty" had no connection to later ideas of religious tolerance.
17. European Freedom and Authority: Europeans claimed that obedience to law was
another definition of freedom
Under English law, women held very few rights and were submissive to their husbands.
18. European Liberty and Liberties: Liberty came from knowing one's place in a
hierarchical society and fulfilling duties appropriate to one's rank.
19. Zheng He: led seven naval expeditions into the Indian Ocean between 1405 and
1433, even exploring East Africa on the sixth voyage.
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1. When did Indians settle in the new world?: "Indians" settled the New World between
15,000 and 60,000 years ago
2. What did North and South American Societies build?: built roads, trade networks, and
irrigation systems.
3. What did indians North of Mexico not have that Indians in the south did?: Indians
north of Mexico lacked literacy, metal tools, and scientific knowledge necessary for
long-distance navigation.
4. Mound Builders: Built 3,500 years ago along the Mississippi River in modern-day
Louisiana,
Poverty Point was a trading center for the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys.
5. Cahokia: Located near present-day St. Louis,
city known as Cahokia flourished with a population of 10,000-30,000 around the year
1200.
6. Western Indians: Hopi and Zuni
7. Hopi and Zuni: Hopi and Zuni ancestors settled around present-day Arizona and New
Mexico
built large planned towns with multiple-family dwellings,
traded with peoples as far away as Mississippi and central Mexico.
8. Diet of Eastern North America Indians?: diet of corn, squash, and beans and
supplemented it by fishing and hunting.
9. Relationship between Tribes in Eastern North America: Tribes frequently warred with
one another; however, there were also many loose alliances.
10. Native American Religion: Religious ceremonies were often directly related to
farming and hunting.
Those who were believed to hold special spiritual powers held positions of respect and
authority.
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, Notes from Chapter 1- Give me Liberty
11. Land and Property for the Indians: The idea of owning private property was foreign
to Indians.
Indians believed land was a common resource, not an economic commodity.
Wealth mattered little in Indian societies, and generosity was far more important.
12. Women in Native American Society: Women could engage in premarital sex and
choose to divorce their husbands, and most Indian societies were matrilineal.
Since men were often away on hunts, women attended to the agricultural duties, as well
as the household duties.
13. European Views of the Indians: Europeans felt that Indians lacked genuine religion.
Europeans claimed that Indians did not "use" the land and thus had no claim to it.
Europeans viewed Indian men as weak and Indian women as mistreated.
14. Indian Freedom: Europeans concluded that the notion of freedom was alien to
Indian societies.
15. Euro understanding of Freedom: freedom was based on ideas of personal
independence and the ownership of private property
16. European Christian Liberty: Europeans believed that to embrace Christ was to
provide freedom from sin.
"Christian liberty" had no connection to later ideas of religious tolerance.
17. European Freedom and Authority: Europeans claimed that obedience to law was
another definition of freedom
Under English law, women held very few rights and were submissive to their husbands.
18. European Liberty and Liberties: Liberty came from knowing one's place in a
hierarchical society and fulfilling duties appropriate to one's rank.
19. Zheng He: led seven naval expeditions into the Indian Ocean between 1405 and
1433, even exploring East Africa on the sixth voyage.
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