Analyze and explain the contacts between Native Americans and European settlers during the age of discovery

Many of the Indians of eastern North America lived in villages. They hunted and farmed, growing such crops as maize (corn), beans, and squash. Trading was also an important activity. The Indians learned much from one another as they exchanged goods and shared ideas and experiences. Throughout the Americas, goods were traded along routes that existed thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. Native Americans used powwows and rituals, as part of their culture, to …

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