History UsefulNotes / TheAmericas

North and South America, also called America by most Hispanic speakers (not that used in English due to the US confusion). Two land masses of immigrants: The first peoples came from Asia on foot, via the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge and diversified into the native peoples of the continents. Then the Vikings found Canada by way of Greenland and didn't do very much. Then ChristopherColumbus tried to reach {{UsefulNotes/India}} by sailing West, and landed in the Caribbean instead. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued.]]

The "correct" term of calling the continents is something disputed and depends on the language: most of the speakers of Romance languages refer to the continents as America, uniting South and North and seeing them as subcontinents of a whole and adding one more subcontinent, Central America, to make allusion to the nations between Mexico and Colombia; anglo-speakers, however, tend to call the continents in plural form, and tend to include Central America as part of North America.

Fun Fact: The formal Spanish and Portuguese terms to call an American, as in someone born in the US, is ''estadounidense'' and ''estadunidense'' respectively; its rough equivalent in English would be Usonian, a term used by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. That's very awkward in all English dialectcts because it's never used and the proper term, in all English dialects, for someone from the United States is ''American''. The proper Spanish/Portugese term for someone from the US is either ''Americano'' or ''Americana''.

Fun Fact: The formal Spanish and Portuguese terms to call an American, as in someone born in the US, is ''estadounidense'' and ''estadunidense'' respectively; its rough equivalent in English would be Usonian, a term used by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. That's very awkward in all English dialectcts because it's never used and the the proper term, in all English dialects, for someone from the United States is ''American''. The proper Spanish/Portugese term for someone from the US is either ''Americano'' or ''Americana''.

Fun Fact: The formal Spanish and Portuguese terms to call an American, as in someone born in the US, is ''estadounidense'' and ''estadunidense'' respectively; its rough equivalent in English would be Usonian, a term used by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. That's very awkward in all English dialectcts because it's never used and the the proper term, in all English dialects, for someone from the United States is ''American''.

Fun Fact: The Spanish and Portuguese terms to call an American, as in someone born in the US, is ''estadounidense'' and ''estadunidense'' respectively; its rough equivalent in English would be Usonian, a term used by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

On the other hand, while the Church was involved in the destruction of material that was culturally invaluable, it also protected the natives (the very argument that Amerindians had souls was something proposed by Catholic teologists),gave some of the original languages an alphabet and written forms in order to keep them alive and encouraged the creation of the Cuzco School of Art.

The "correct" term of calling the continents is something disputed and depends on the language: most of the speakers of Romance languages refer to the continents as America, uniting South and North and seeing them as subcontinents of a whole and adding one more subcontinent, Central America, to make allusion to the nations between Mexico and Colombia; anglo-speakers whoever tend to call the continents in plural form.

* UsefulNotes/North America
* UsefulNotes/South America

The continent of America was populated at some point during the Ice Age. While it was often held that people came first through the stretch of Bering (the one mentioned above), now it has been theorized and mostly confirmed that the first people came not from the north, but from the south in the same way of the people who afterwards populated Australia and most of Oceania's islands, as shown by the fact that the first signs of civilization are found mostly in South America: the city of Caral, first city of the continent, is the prime example.

It was also home to various different and unique cultures, the most representative ones being the Aztecs in North America, the Mayans in North and Central America, and the Incas in South America.

The "correct" term of calling the continent is something disputed and depends on the language: most of the speakers of Romance languages refer to the continent as America, uniting South and North and seeing them as subcontinents of a whole and adding one more subcontinent, Central America, to make allusion to the nations between Mexico and Colombia; anglo-speakers whoever tend to call the continent in plural form.

The term "American" is something of debate and its roots are often found in the identification of the countries of the continent: the Spanish and Portuguese called American anyone who was born in the continent, a trend continued by the nations of Latin America; the English instead named the inhabitants of its colonies as Americans. Which terms must be given priority is [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement something that won't be discussed here]].

!! Regions north to south
[[index]]
* UsefulNotes/{{Greenland}}
->'''Capital & Largest City''': Nuuk
* UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}
->'''Capital''': Ottawa
->'''Largest City''': Toronto
* UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates
->'''Capital''': Washington, D.C.
->'''Largest City''': New York City

* UsefulNotes/TheFalklandIslands
->'''Capital & Largest City''': Stanley
[[/index]]

->->'''Capital & Largest City''': Stanley

North and South America, also called America by most hispanic speakers (not that used in english due to the US confusion). Two land masses of immigrants: The first peoples came from Asia on foot, via the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge and diversified into the native peoples of the continents. Then the Vikings found Canada by way of Greenland and didn't do very much. Then ChristopherColumbus tried to reach {{UsefulNotes/India}} by sailing West, and landed in the Caribbean instead. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued.]]

The continent of America was populated at some point during the Ice Age, while often helded that people came first through the stretch of Bering (the one mentioned above), now it has been theorized and mostly confirmed that the first people came not from the north, but from the south in the same way of the people who afterwards populated Australia and most of Oceania's islands, as proven that the first signs of civilization are found mostly in South America: the city of Caral, first city of the continent, is the prime example.

It was also home to various different and unique cultures, being the most representative ones the Aztecs in North America, the Mayans in North and Central America, and the Incas in South America.

The arrival of the Europeans changed everything, in general, the diseases and the actions of the people who came killed many of the Amerindians that lived before and destroyed many expressions of their culture; however, what happened in particular to the indigenous population was something that varied between the territories: in the realms that the Spaniards created (hence the appearence of the Viceroys) the natives were assimilated and given protection (at least in paper), most notoriously is the nobility that survived the civil wars that the Spaniards exploited as they kept some of their previous privileges. In the Portuguese and French holdings the natives were treated in a similar way, although not as active.

This didn't meant that Amerindians were not exploited, that was something that did happen through the actions of the Conquistadores and rulers, but there were people who honestly tried to protect them such as Bartolome de las Casas, who eventually convinced the then King Charles I to pass stricter laws of protection for the Amerindians [[note]] The Queen Isabel the Catholic had left as one of her last wishes the protection of the inhabitants of America [[/note]] that resulted in abolishment of most of the properties of the Conquistadores.

The term "American" is something of debate and its roots are often found in the identification of the countries of the continent: the Spanish and Portuguese called american to anyone who was born in the continent, a trend continued by the nations of Latin America; the English instead named the inhabitants of its colonies as Americans. Which terms must be given priority is [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement something that won't be discussed here]].

Fun Fact: The Spanish and Portuguese terms to call an American, as in someone born in the US, is ''estadounidense'' and ''estadunidense'' respectively, its rough equivalent in english would be Usonian, a term used by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

This didn't meant that Amerindians were not exploited, that was something that did happen through the actions of the Conquistadores and rulers, but there were people who honestly tried to protect them such as Bartolome de las Casas, who eventually convinced the then King Charles I to pass stricter laws of protection for the Amerindians [[Note]] The Queen Isabel the Catholic had left as one of her last wishes the protection of the inhabitants of America [[/Note]] that resulted in abolishment of most of the properties of the Conquistadores.

On the other hand, while the Church was involved in the destruction of material that was culturally invaluable, it also protected the natives (the very argument that Amerindians had souls was something proposed by Catholic teologists),gave some of the original languages an alphabet and written forms in order to keep them alive and encouraged them to.

Now seriously.

The continent of America was populated at some point during the Ice Age, while often helded that people came first through the stretch of Bering (the one mentioned above), now it has been theorized and mostly confirmed that the first people came not from the north, but from the south in the same way of the people who afterwards populated Australia and most of Oceania's islands, as proven that the first signs of civilization are found mostly in South America, the city of Caral, first city of the continent, is the prime example.

It was also home to three of the most different and unique cultures in the world, those are the Aztecs in North America, the Mayans in North and Central America, and the Incas in South America.

The term "American" is something of debate and its roots are often found in the identification of the countries of the continent: the spanish and portuguese called american to anyone who was born in the continent, a trend continued by the nations of Latin America; the english instead named the inhabitants of its colonies as americans. Which terms must be given priority is [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement something that won't be discussed here]].

Fun Fact: The spanish and portuguese terms to call an american, as in someone born in the US, is ''estadounidense'' and ''estadunidense'' respectively, its rough equivalent in english would be usonian, a term used by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The "correct" term of calling the continent is something disputed and depends on the language: most of the speakers of Romance languages refer to the continent as America, uniting South and North and seeing them as subcontinents of a whole; anglo-speakers whoever tend to call the continent in plural form.

The continent of America was populated at some point during the Ice Age, while often helded that people came first through the stretch of Bering (the one mentioned above), now it has been theorized and mostly confirmed that the first people came not from the north, but from the south in the same way of the people who afterwards populated Australia and most of Oceania's islands, as proven that the first signs of civilization are found mostly in South America, The city of Caral, first city of the continent, is the prime example.

It was also home to three of the most different and unique cultures and empires in the world, those are the Aztec in North, the Mayans and the Incas, whose territories

The term "American" is something of debate and its roots are often found in the identification of the countries of the continent: the spanish and portuguese called american to anyone who was born in the continent, a trend continued by the nations of Latin America; the english instead named the inhabitants of its colonies as americans

North and South America. Two continents of immigrants: The first peoples came from Asia on foot, via the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge and diversified into the native peoples of the continents. Then the Vikings found Canada by way of Greenland and didn't do very much. Then ChristopherColumbus tried to reach {{UsefulNotes/India}} by sailing West, and landed in the Caribbean instead. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued.]]

If you're looking for the country that's frequently referred to as "America" (as very much said by foreigners), that's UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates.

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!! Countries north to south

* [[BritishFrozenRocksWithPenguinsAndLandmines The Falkland Islands]]

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North and South America. Two continents of immigrants: The first peoples came from Asia on foot, via the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge. Then the Vikings found Canada by way of Greenland and didn't do very much. Then ChristopherColumbus tried to reach {{UsefulNotes/India}} by sailing West, and landed in the Caribbean instead. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued.]]

North and South America. Two continents of immigrants: The first peoples came from Asia on foot, via the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge. Then the Vikings found Canada by way of Greenland and didn't do very much with either. Then ChristopherColumbus tried to reach {{UsefulNotes/India}} by sailing West, and landed in the Caribbean instead. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued.]]

If you're looking for the country that's frequently referred to as "America", that's UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates.

North and South America. Two continents of immigrants: The first peoples came from Asia on foot, via the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge. Then the vikings found Canada and didn't do very much with it. Then ChristopherColumbus tried to reach {{UsefulNotes/India}} by sailing West, and landed in the Caribbean instead. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued.]]

* UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates

North and South America. Two continents of immigrants: The first peoples came from Asia on foot, via the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge. Then the vikings found Canada and didn't do very much with it. Then Columbus tried to reach {{UsefulNotes/India}} by sailing West, and landed in the Caribbean instead. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued.]]