If you think about the early landscape in the United States as being a landscape of not just a series of indian villages, but a series of indian villages often combined as con federal or even some indian nations becoming empires, all of the entire transcontinental United States is combined by trade networks. Before europeans even arrive in the great lakes, european trade routes preceded them. They stretch from the west coast through the center of the nation, the southwest, the north are exchanging trade goods. European trade goods become incorporated in that existing network. Host how did the native american transcribes in the area respond to the arrival of the french . Professor sleepersmith very welcoming. Most french traders began to come in the 1660s after radisson comes into the great lakes. Basically most of the traders are french. They come from montreal and quebec. They bring goods with tremendous high state us value and also have tremendous utilitarian value. Initially, most o
We continue with our look at the history of syracuse. Dennis we are dennis we are standing in a reconstruction of a 19th century salt boiling block. It was used to reconstruct sold for over 100 years. This reconstruction was done in 1930 as part of a public works project during the great depression. This area was very important throughout the. Period because it was the center of the uruguay iroquois confederacy. These soldiers were the first to notice the salt mines, and that was noted from very early on in the colonial period. It did not get a chance to be commercially exploited until really after the american revolution. A variety of treaties concentrated the land to territories south of the lake. The state took ownership of the shore around the lake so that it could be developed commercially forestalled production for salt production. The statecontrolled the land ,hrough the drilling of wells but that manufacturing was actually in the hands of private individuals. It started in the
We are standing in a salt boiling brock. Boiling block. This area was very important ,hroughout the colonial period because it was the center of what we know today as the uruguay confederacy. Iroquois confederacy. There were various missionaries, explorers, soldiers coming into this area. They were the first to notice the salt brine as far as europeans. The significance of salt brining around the lake was noted very early on during the colonial period. It did not get a chance to be exploited until after the american revolution, when a variety of different treaties concentrated local native people to territory south of the lake. The state took ownership of the shore around the lake, so that it could be developed commercially for salt production. The statecontrolled the land, they controlled the sources of brine through the drilling of ells and so forth. Manufacturing was actually in the hands of private individuals. It started into the early 19th century. The biggest problem they had wa
While congress is in recess, American History tv will be in prime time monday through friday, featuring watergate. American history tv on cspan3. Each week, American History tv sits in on a lecture with one of the Nations College professors. You can watch the classes here every saturday evening at 8 p. M. And midnight eastern. Next, professor tyler boulware and his class discuss the indian slave trade in the south between 1670 and 1720. Spurred by trade with european settlers, tribes like the chickasaw raided neighbors for captives more frequently than they had in the years before colonization. Professor boulware explained how these interactions impacted both native and colonial societies for years to come by pushing indians further inland, destabilizing smaller tribes, and driving them to war. This class is about an hour. Today, we are talking about in a little more detail the indian slave tried slave trade and the south. I gave you a primary source reading which i think most of you r
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