Hisory Essay 2

Tynazia Winbush

2/14/20

Dr. Armstrong

Question: Evaluate the development of Native American civilization to the point that the European incursion began in Tennessee. Consider how this European incursion would affect Native American ways, and why Native Americans in Tennessee could not effectively resist this incursion.

Thesis: From the Paleo Indians, Archaic, Woodland and eventually the new Native Americans. Such indigenous people gradually evolved from being hunters and gatherers to becoming farmers, traders, and warriors. The dramatic changes which Native Americans have undertook to evolve would later prepare them for life when Europeans appeared.

Outline:

1st Paragraph

· Paleo Indians

· Ways of life

· Culture

2nd Paragraph

· Archaic Indians

· New inventions

· Way of life

· Hunting development

3rd Paragraph

· Woodland Indians

· Agriculture

· New weapons

· Invention of pottery

4th Paragraph

· Mississippian Indians

· Agriculture

· European contact / influence

· Religion

· Trade, gender roles, and architecture

Work Consulted

Bergeron, Paul H ., et al. Tennesseans and Their History. University of Tennessee Press, 1999

Schroedl, Gerald F. “ Mississippian Culture”. Tennessee Encyclopedia, Tennessee Historical Society, 1 March 2018

Chapman, Jefferson. Man-Land Interaction : 10,000 Years Of American Indian Impact on Native Ecosystems in the Lower Little Tennessee River Valley, Eastern Tennessee”.

West, Carroll Van. “Woodland Period”. Tennessee Encyclopedia, Tennessee Historical Society, 1 March 2018