Part I

America Before It Was “America”

In this part . . .

The United States is just over two hundred years old, yet the land the country occupies has been here for millions of years, and there have been people living here for tens of thousands of years.

The debate as to how the Native peoples arrived here is ongoing, and include both overland and “by water” theories. The point is, the North American landmass has a lengthy history, and in this part we will look at what the land was like eons ago, how the first people arrived here, how tribes developed cultures, and where they all settled.