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The Mayflower passengers were in danger of dying on their ship until they found a place to build housing on land.
Plymouth was already cleared of trees because it was the site of a Native American village that had been wiped out by European diseases. [1]
Plymouth was already cleared of trees because it was the site of a Native American village that had been wiped out by European diseases. [1]
Many highways in the Eastern U.S. were built on Native American trails. What is now Interstate 70 follows the path of US Route 40, which follows The National Road, which was built on Nemacolin's Path across Pennsylvania. [2]
The major crops useful for European settlers in America were domesticated by Native people over centuries. These were later exported around the world. When you think of Italian pasta sauce or Swiss chocolate, you're thinking of foods domesticated by Native Americans. [3]
Cahokia, a city of the Mississippian culture near modern-day St. Louis, may have been the largest city in the world around 1100 CE. The city was built around an earthen pyramid, still there, with almost exactly the same base size as the Great Pyramid in Egypt. [4]
![Cahokia, a city of the Mississippian culture near modern-day St. Louis, may have been the largest city in the world around 1100 CE. The city was built around an earthen pyramid, still there, with almost exactly the same base size as the Great Pyramid in Egypt. [4]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez6yNqgVoAEIOeb.jpg "Cahokia, a city of the Mississippian culture near modern-day St. Louis, may have been the largest city in the world around 1100 CE. The city was built around an earthen pyramid, still there, with almost exactly the same base size as the Great Pyramid in Egypt. [4]")
Other earthworks built in Eastern North America were incredibly intricate, having been designed and constructed without any overhead vantage points. Serpent Mound, east of Cincinnati may be over 2000 years old. [5]
![Other earthworks built in Eastern North America were incredibly intricate, having been designed and constructed without any overhead vantage points. Serpent Mound, east of Cincinnati may be over 2000 years old. [5]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez6y5Y9VkAAa9Jd.jpg "Other earthworks built in Eastern North America were incredibly intricate, having been designed and constructed without any overhead vantage points. Serpent Mound, east of Cincinnati may be over 2000 years old. [5]")
Perhaps the most famous street in the United States is Broadway, in Manhattan.
It was built by Native Americans, once known as the Wickquasgeck Trail. [6]
It was built by Native Americans, once known as the Wickquasgeck Trail. [6]
The linguistic diversity of North America was incomparably greater than that of Europe in 1492. When someone refers to "the Indian word" for something, that's a lie on top of a lie. There were over 200 languages in North America, with all their own words for everything. [7]
Europeans did not come to North America and built America on an empty continent. There were great societies of architects, farmers, inventors, and adventurers here who fell to conquest by European bullets and plagues. America never would have begun without them. [end]
