Category: U.S History I

Western Hemisphere’s First Inhabitants Historians have battled with the challenge of naming the hemisphere’s original occupants while presenting the history of the United States and the nations of the Western Hemisphere in general. Under the false belief that he had Read More …

European contact Contact with Europeans was less dramatic for the aboriginal peoples of North America than it was for the Aztec and Inca empires following the entrance of the Spanish conquistadors. Nonetheless, Spanish explorers aiming to reach what would become Read More …