Georgia History: GPS- SS8H1 Evaluate the Development of Native American Cultures and the Impact of European exploration On Ga. Native American Cultures.

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Georgia History GPS- SS8H1Evaluate the
Development of Native American Cultures and the
Impact of European exploration On Ga. Native
American Cultures.

• B. Evaluate the impact of European Contact on
  Native Cultures Spanish Missions along the
  Barrier Islands and Hernando de Soto.
• C. Explain reasons for European exploration
  and settlement of North America, with emphasis on
  the interests of the French, Spanish, and British
  in the southeastern area.

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Spanish- Hernando de Soto

• 1540 1st European to explore interior of Ga.
• Looking for Gold
• Helped conquer Incas in Peru before Ga.
• Landed in Floridas Western Gulf Coast.
• Proceeded Northward through Georgia and into
  S.C., N.C., Tenn.- back into North Ga., then
  Alabama and Miss. ( See Map)
• De Soto died near Miss River where his fellow
  Conquistadors sank him to the bottom of the
  River.

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Desotos Expedition
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de Sotos Conquest

• 1538 Left Cuba with 600 followers.
• On his trail ( the Conquistadors met various
  Mississippian Indian tribes.
• Forcibly took supplies and food from tribes.
• No Gold or Silver Found.
• Half of the 600 died from disease, exposure, or
  Indian attacks.
• Many Indians killed in battle, enslaved, exposed
  to new diseases- many now dead.
• Smallpox, chicken Pox, measles.
• Weapons and disease nearly wipe out Indian
  population.

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Interaction
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Diseases
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Small Pox
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Spanish Missions In Georgia

• Mission- church outpost
• Spain built missions on Fl. And Ga. Coast.
• Friars lived and worked at the missions.
• Friar- Church Missionaries.
• Also served as trading outpost between Spanish
  and Native Americans.
• Missions not always welcome by Natives.
• Several Friars died in Indian revolts.
• Missions served as churches, trading posts, and
  forts
• Reason for missions- conversion to Christianity
  of native Americans ( Catholic)
• Placed on coast to keep the French away

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Spanish Missions
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Decline of Spanish Missions in Georgia

• Indian Chiefs had autonomy over the Friars.
• But, Indians were obligated to repartimiento -
  Indians forced to work on Plantations for cheap
  trade items. ( forced relocations)
• Many died from disease or exhaustion.
• Indian population levels drop dramatically.
• Slave revolts, Population decline, and Pirate
  raids from the sea all pushed to end the Spanish
  Mission system in Ga.
• 1684- Spanish Missions in Ga. ended.

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Reasons for Colonization
Spain God, Gold, Glory
France Fur Trade
England Mercantilism