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Before_contact

Native Americans arrived in North America as many as 16,000 years ago! In this tutorial, learn about the many and varied cultures of the continent's first inhabitants.

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The Spanish dominated the early colonial era, racing to extract the riches of the New World at any price. For Native Americans, that price was heavy indeed. And the Spanish were only the first to arrive . . .

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Christopher Columbus set sail for the East Indies in 1492, but he ended up in a whole new world. The impact on the peoples of North America, Europe, and Africa would be enormous.