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AHIS 100
Political Economies of the Americas
Dr. Kane
mkane2@albany.edu
Office Hrs: W 10:30-11:30 & F 11:30-12:30
Social Science 60S
maevekane.net/ahis100/lecture-slides
September 2
for friday
- Academic Honesty and Syllabus quizzes
- first page of Blackboard
- must pass both with 100% by Sept 11 to pass the course
- first paper due!
- details on the Readings page for this week http://maevekane.net/ahis100/exhibits/show/the-new-world
- due 9:20AM
- history is not a spectator sport!
- Sync your iClicker on Blackboard
why didn't Europeans get sick?
discuss with a partner for 2 minutes
- A. There were no new diseases in the Americas
- B. Europeans had stronger immune systems
- C. Europeans did get sick, but they didn't take it back to Europe with them
- D. Diseases in the Americas tended to not be immediately fatal
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St. Augustine - 1565
Timucua
Jamestown - 1607
Powhatan diplomacy
Quebec - 1608
Huron
What one factor made the transmission of European diseases to Native people most likely?
- A. The presence of European children
- B. The presence of European livestock (horses, cows, sheep, etc)
- C. Intermarriage between Natives and Europeans
- D. Trade between Natives and Europeans