America's Beginning - History of the Americas PDF
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This document details the history of how America got its name and introduces the original 13 colonies. It covers the European exploration of North America and the development of early American history.
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How did America Get it's Name? 1. When Christopher Columbus, sailing for the king (Ferdinand of Aragon) and queen (Isabella of Castille) of Spain in the 1490's, explored what today is known as the West...
How did America Get it's Name? 1. When Christopher Columbus, sailing for the king (Ferdinand of Aragon) and queen (Isabella of Castille) of Spain in the 1490's, explored what today is known as the West Indies, the central American Coast and the Northern coast of South America, the existing European world view began to change in dramatic and sometimes unpredictable ways. 2. Other explorers followed, including Amerigo Vespucci, who identified these lands as a separate continent, not as islands or peninsulas attached to Eastern Asia. 3. Utilizing Vespucci's travel accounts, German geographer Martin Waldseemuller depicted this new continent on a large world map in 1507, naming it "America" in Vespucci's honor. 4. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Europeans explored, mapped and colonized what they now called "America. Although contradictory images of North America appeared on European world maps, the outline of the continent began to take shape. : N.B. Before America became fifty states, there were 13 original colonies: 1. Virginia 2. New Hampshire 3. Massachusetts 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. New York and New jersey 8. Pennsylvania 9. North Carolina and South Carolina 10. Georgia 11. Delaware
