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[https://latino.si.edu/learn/latino-history-and-culture/latino-history/early-latino-history by National Museum of the American Latino] | [https://latino.si.edu/learn/latino-history-and-culture/latino-history/early-latino-history by National Museum of the American Latino] | ||
The National Museum of the American Latino creates transformative experiences, fosters a deeper understanding of American history and culture, and connects communities nationwide. | The National Museum of the American Latino creates transformative experiences, fosters a deeper understanding of American history and culture, and connects communities nationwide. | ||
=====Colliding Cultures===== | |||
[https://www.americanyawp.com/text/02-colliding-cultures/ by THE AMERICAN YAWP] | |||
Juan Ponce de León arrived in the area named La Florida in 1513. He found between 150,000 and 300,000 Native Americans. But then two and a half centuries of contact with European and African peoples—whether through war, slave raids, or, most dramatically, foreign disease—decimated Florida’s Indigenous population. European explorers, meanwhile, had hoped to find great wealth in Florida, but reality never aligned with their imaginations. | |||
