Talk:History of North America

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Contents 1 1 2 This can't be right.. 3 Latino template 4 Problem with list of main articles 5 Grammer & Spelling 6 Does the history of north America start with the europeans?

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I think this article needs a bit more about the first Spanish settlements (and other early settlements). There is some discussion about English settlements, after all. I realize this is a summary overview, so I guess we can dig this from the individual articles referenced on the page. I'll do it myself if nobody else does it first, when I feel less lazy. :) Martijn faassen 18:54, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

Wanna take a look at Spanish colonization of the Americas ? :-) -- PFHLai 03:52, 2005 Jan 26 (UTC)

I think that this site should fricken actually tell you about histoy in the 1990's, i meen geez i've been trying to do my homework for hours now!!!

Take a look as well at Spanish Florida. The info in this page is only wrong by more than a century!

[edit] This can't be right..

Or it is trying to advance something other than the idea the Amerindians came from Asia, in which case it requires rephrasing...

"Factors supporting Asiatic migration are discoveries in Cassiar, British Columbia of Chinese coins identified as circulating in China in 2000 BC, in Telegraph Creek, British Columbia of large Buddhist charms of a type not manufactured for 1500 years, in Nanaimo, British Columbia of a Japanese sword eleven feet underground. Linguist Father Jean Marie Le Jeune recorded that he found evidence of Hebraic words in native languages in British Columbia, possibly stemming from early Jewish influence in China. Anthropological models of migration to the New World also provide insight into the earliest history of North American indigenous people."

[edit] Latino template

Please help with the Latino template. --JuanMuslim ^1m 18:53, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Christopher Columbus owned a boat(??) who received orders from the royale family Queen Ferdinand to go about and discover the new world. He left and went about his trekking through the unchartered waters towards where he came to South America. Then progressed to North America but not reaching above the Gulf waters.<#:42am> te —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.15.189.87 (talk) 07:43, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with list of main articles

Why are the articles about US history listed in the first place? What is the rationale behind this? Those articles should be listed alphabetically, not discretionally. AlexCov ^{( Let's talk! )} 09:48, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grammer & Spelling

I have noticed several careless grammer and spelling mistakes on this page. Could someone go through and fix them? 72.39.253.150 18:53, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Does the history of north America start with the europeans?

Why does not the article discuss the history of this part of America before the arrival of europeans? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.122.30.254 (talk) 23:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I would assume the the history of North America would focus on it the geological aspects of how the continent was created, not necessarily the human (specifically European) influence over the last 500 years. This article should be merged with other history articles or should be re-written with little focus on the European history. Basically, this article needs to be sub-categorized with this main article only highlighting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.116.111 (talk) 00:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)