America’s Original Promise Dig #2 – When the Americas were ‘discovered’ by the Europeans – how many people are thought to have been living in the Western hemisphere – and how did this number compare to the number of Western Europeans ? button 
………..Welcome to the America’s Original Promise Introductory Dig – this is where we will begin researching different facets of the American experience and 'Promise' – the vision and visionaries who have been cultural and political leaders in our nation - and the challenges they have faced.
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
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AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig #1 – The FIRST AMERICANS lived in different regions of what we now call the United States. Name the nine different cultural / geographic regions. button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig #2 – When the Americas were ‘discovered’ by the Europeans – how many people are thought to have been living in the Western hemisphere – and how did this number compare to the number of Western Europeans ? button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig #3 – At the time of FIRST CONTACT, how many First Americans were living in what is now the United States? And what was the most devastating danger to these native peoples after first contact? button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig # 4 - Lets meet some of the First Americans. The Iroquois nation living in the Eastern Woodlands, called themselves what name? What did their true name mean ? button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig # 5 – Which tribes joined together to form a confederacy called the Six Nations? What law did these six tribes agree to follow? button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig # 6 – What was the name of the large group of decision makers for the Iroquois Confederacy ? And do they still meet today ? Where ? What body of the U.S. Government is similar to this group?
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AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:09AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig #7 – One of the most important guiding principles of the Iroquois Confederacy is called Seventh Generation – what is its foundation ? button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig #8 – What was the role of religion in early America, both pre and post contact for nearly all peoples ? button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig #9 – What form of discrimination was taking place in Europe at the time the early colonists chose to risk their lives to come settler in America? And who was practicing this discrimination? button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig #10 – When the early colonists established governance on the Eastern seaboard of America, did they create a new way of organizing their society or repeat the models of Europe? Describe how their society was the same or different than what they had left behind in Europe. button
AOP Team: . . . . Tue, Sep 10, 8:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
America’s Original Promise Dig #11 – In what ways is the United States different today than it was during the colonial times in regards to religious toleration? Have these changes helped our country ?
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Tomas & Oscar Palm View America’s Original Promise Dig #11 – In what ways is the United States different today than it was during the colonial times in regards to religious toleration? Have these changes helped our country ?
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Palm View America’s Original Promise Dig #11 – In what ways is the United States different today than it was during the colonial times in regards to religious toleration? Have these changes helped our country ?