Chapter 5

Important Characters

• Verrazano, Discovered native populations as early as 1524
• Massasoit, Leader of the Wampanoag tribe, traded wampumpeag beads
• Bashbaba, he understood the importance of trading with Europeans. First one to do it!
• Pilgrams found native grave yard and stole items that were buried with the dead

Themes

• Diseases - Decline in Native American population, leverage for Europeans
• Trade - Natives wampumpeag (white and purple beads), and furs
• Decrease in Trade Supplies - Decrease in Animals due to over Hunting. The Natives couldn't offer Europeans trade supplies.

Descriptions

• Equal
• Lower class

Main Point

• As Europeans population grew, the Native Americans population fell