Pre-AP US History Pruitt- A New World
Christopher Columbus
After seeking financial support for 8 years, he got is major voyage in 1492.
Arthur Schlesinger
Argues it was challenge of the unknown that drove Columbus's voyages to America
Washington Irving
Author of Columbus's biography
Culture of Central and South Americas
Aztec (Mexico), Mayan (Peru), Inca (Quatemala). Extensive Trade and developed calendars
How did European expansion impact Native American society?
Badly, their land was taken and most were killed from sicknesses foreign to them.
Why is the United States population in modern times only 2 to 3% American Indian?
Because the NA popular decreases by 90% after European arrival.
Identify one similarity between societies that developed in Central and South America to those that developed in North America.
Both had their own ways to survive and managed to fulfill survival.
Identify one cause and effect of Spanish settlement in North America
Cause: Spain tried to change the Peublos religion. Effect: the peublos revolted.
Atlantic seaboard Settlements
Coastal plains, descendants of woodlands, built with wood, rivers provided food
Spanish exploration and conquests
Conquered many places and sent ships back loading with gold and silver. Encomienda systems
Revisionist
Critical to Columbus's heroicness
President Franklin Roosevelt
Declared October 12 a national holiday for Christopher Columbus
Which of these was the most significant?
Disease, it killed off millions ignore natives
Identify theee mayor consequences of European contact with the Indians
Disease, loss of land, and harsh treatment
Southwest Settlements
Dry region, farmed with irrigation systems
Fact or Fiction?
Either depending on Point Of View
Language
English, Spanish, European
What were three chief features of the Spanish empire in American?
Established Settlements, christianize the Indians, completed explorations
In what ways did native people transform North American environment before European colonization?
Extensive trade, highly organized societies, men hunted and made tools, women gathered and grew crops
Columbus's Legacy
He doesn't in 1506 without finding his new route but discovered America in his trials
Dutch Claims
Henry Hudson 1609 around New Amsterdam (later NY)
Great Plains
Hunted, fished, agricultural systems, used all part of the buffalo for everything from clothing to tools
Midwest Settlements
Hunted, fished, had permanent Settlements
Northeast Settlements
Hunted, moved east and stayed due to farming, lived in long houses
How did new technology enable Columbus to dominate the New World?
It helped him go back and forth from his voyages.
French policy
Maintained a good relationship and became allies and gained trading opportunities
French Claims
New York Harbor. Based on voyages of Jacques Carter
Identify one difference between societies that developed in Central and South America to those that developed in North America.
North American societies were smaller and less civilized.
Explain the significance of the difference between Central/South America and North America.
North Americans hunted, farmed, and made tools while South Americans traded, created calendars, and had highly organized societies.
Northwest Settles
Pacific Coast, hunted, fished, gathered, totem poles
Florida
Permanent Settlements in saint augustine
Cultures of North America
Peublos, Great Plains, Woodland, Seneca
Exchanges
Plants, food(potatoes), animals(horses), and diseases
New Routes
Portuguese sea captain Vasco de Gama reached India by going south and east. At this time Columbus tried this and failed
Slave Trading
Portuguese traded various items for slaves
African Resistance
Ran away, sabotaged work, and maintain aspects of their culture
Improvements in technology...
Renaissance, gunpowder, sailing compass, better shipbuilding, and the invention of the printing press.
Religious conflicts...
Roman Catholic Churches were threatened by Ottomans who were followers of Islam.
New Mexico
Santa Fe was the capital of New Mexico. Tried to christianize the Indians
Developing Nation-States
Small kingdoms united into larger ones. Empires were breaking up a nationstate replace them.
Dividing the Americas
Spain and Portugal were first. The pope made the line of demarcation
Which of these consequences were the most significant?
Spanish Exploration and Conquest because they gained gold, silver, and the encomienda systems which made them very wealthy
Explain why 1607 is a major turning point in United States history.
Steady streams of colonists settled in the next 150 years.
Support or refuse?
Support because he discovered America, Europe gaining recourses, led to other voyages; but he killed millions of NA due to disease, he invaded their territory, and he treated them unfairly
How did European expansion impact European society?
The found new land that lacked gold but got new food and crops
What was the impact of the Catholic victory in Spain and the European Reformation on North America?
The launching of Columbus's first voyage gave hope and power to Europeans.
Native American Reaction
They were nice to the English and French but not Spain
Effects of Europe's expanding trade in the 15th century
Traded for slaves, slaved worked on sugar plantations, nation states developed
English policies
Traded, shares ideas, and overall coexistence. The population grew and the Indianan were upset and left.
Spanish policies
Used thhem for labor day and used the encomienda system
Identify the key difference between Viking Voyages of the 12th century to that of Columbus in the 15th century.
Vikings has visited North America but the voyages had no lasting impact. Columbus's voyages had a huge impact.
English Claims
Voyages of John Cakot, Jamestown
