besides the natives from long time ago
2006-10-20 22:41:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The Inuit people came in a wave seperate from the original natives we call 'Indians'. They're the second _provable_ group.
In 1100 A.D. the Vikings came and established a settlement in Newfoundland, which they later abandoned. They'd be the first Europeans.
Whether or not Chinese and/or Pacific Islander groups made it to America in the pre-Columbian era is a disputed topic. Evidence seems to be growing to suggest that either or both of these groups did. It is also possible that some 'native' Americans (especially around California and Baja California) may have come to the New World in this way, meaning that there may well have been three, not two, waves of pre-Columbian settlement. So to sum up:
1. 'Native' peoples.
2. Maybe a second group of Natives.
3. Inuit.
4. Maybe Pacific Islanders.
5. Maybe the Chinese.
6. Vikings.
7. Columbus.
What Columbus 'discovered' was far from undiscovered when he got there!
2006-10-20 22:48:01 · answer #1 · answered by XYZ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since when and Where? Actually it has been recently 'proved' that 'the natives' came from Asia & Europe and possibly Europe wasfirst, and it is has been successfully argued that Polynesians most likely settled in parts of Pacific South America. Who's Next? The Vikings had settlements in Greenland and then on into Nova Scotia and Maine and many of their descendents 'melded' into the 'native' population. The Spanish arrived in great numbers during the 1500s mostly South and Central America, but also Florida. The French ambled into Canada during the 2nd Decade of the 1500's followed by The English and The Dutch.
However ---- despite what bigpts might wish to believe, lables aree deceiving. Many Spanish were Italian and Portuguse and a few were 'secret' Jews. The French contingent contained elements of France and what is now Belgian and Germans from Alsace-Loraine. The English were a mix of Scotts & Irish mostly but again there were other elements. The Dutch were equally 'mixed.'
Peace....
2006-10-21 05:54:16 · answer #2 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which part of america you are talking about, particularly if you don't just mean the area that would become the united states
2006-10-21 05:45:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the french.
2006-10-21 05:44:57 · answer #4 · answered by Joe Cooker 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it was the French ! oui !
2006-10-21 05:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋