The history of the US till 17th century

1. The first Americans who lived in the America were called Amerindians. We can call them also as “native Americans”. They lived in many different groups and spoke over three hundred different languages. Some of Amerindian tribes were cruel. They often fought with other Amerindian tribes because it was the way how they lived and survived. Other ones were hunters, so they hunted buffalos. Many Amerindian tribes ate fish, nuts and other eatable food from wood. To many people the tepee is a symbol of the Amerindian way of life. A tepee was a cone – shaped tent decorated with painted designs that had religious or historical meanings.

2. There are different legends about adventurous seamen having reached the America or, as it was called before, “the New World”. The popular one is about Columbus who explored America in 1492. Tough another one story tells us that they were Vikings who reached the America for the first time. And we have to recognize that it is possible because there are evidences for it: in 1960s the archaeologists uncovered traces of Viking settlements in both Newfoundland and New England.

4. After Columbus explored America many Europeans had left their countries and went to America looking for better life. Because they had heard that Amerindians were very rich, they had a lot of gold and other precious metals. Others hoped to find safety from religious or political persecution. Unfortunately many of them were died before they reached the America.