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APUSH UNIT 1

APUSH UNIT 1. 1491-1607. Key Themes for Unit 1. Three worlds collide American Indian Networks Spanish Mission Settlements Columbian Exchange Encomienda System European Explorers and the three Gs . Native Americans are disorganized and ill equipped to fight off the Europeans.

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APUSH UNIT 1

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  1. APUSH UNIT 1 1491-1607

  2. Key Themes for Unit 1 • Three worlds collide • American Indian Networks • Spanish Mission Settlements • Columbian Exchange • Encomienda System • European Explorers and the three Gs. • Native Americans are disorganized and ill equipped to fight off the Europeans

  3. Key Terms C/F for Unit 1 • Great Basin/ Great Plains • Mississippi River Valley • Atlantic Seaboard • New World • Christianity • Feudalism • Capitalism • Joint Stock Companies • Native Americans (American Indians) • West African Slave Trade • Africans

  4. Continental Drift

  5. Routes of the First Americans

  6. Columbus Comes upon a New World Events leading up to discovery of New World Europeans wanted products from Asia Africa provides cheap slave labor Portuguese develop long-range voyages Spain – modern nation-state takes shape Renaissance began in 1300s Printing presses (1450) spread knowledge Mariner’s compass invented (Arabs?)

  7. The Columbian Exchange

  8. Explorations of Hernán Cortés

  9. Why England colonized Americas late • Initially allied with Spain so didn’t want to compete • Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church, setting off decades-long religious conflict in the nation • Famous sea dog pirates (Sir Francis Drake) • Early 1600s – 3 European powers make claims in 3 different parts of North America • 1607 – English at Jamestown • 1608 – French at Quebec • 1610 – Spanish at Santa Fe

  10. KEY FACTORS FOR ENGLAND’S COLONIZATION Defeat of Spain Enclosure Acts Primogeniture Laws Joint-Stock Companies

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