Test 1 Chapter 1 New World Encounters 20,000 B.C. – A. D. 1600

Read Introduction Page 3

Time Line 20,000 – 14,000 B.C. Asian Immigration into Western Hemisphere 984 Vikings 1492 Columbus 1500s Spanish Domination 1600s Demand for New World Labor and British Domination

Asian Migration Read pages 4 and 5 Look at map page 5 Ice age lead to Asian Migration into North America, and eventually Central and South America

Geographic Differences Most North American tribes were nomadic (hunters and gathers) and antimistic Central American tribes were more agri-based and tended to be more advanced

Adapting To Outside Forces Read pages 9 & 10 Native Americans viewed the Europeans as traders who could improve their quality of life Read pages 11, 14 & 15 A tribal continent of Africa would create a slave trade that would bring other outsiders to the Western Hemisphere

Why were the European Nations looking outward? Evolving boundaries and borders Limits on Natural Resources Increasing Population Inspiration of Marco Polo Advancements in Sailing (caravel ships) Desire to spread Christianity

Christopher Columbus Sailed West from Europe to get to China Though the Caribbean Islands were the East Indies Ferdinand and Isabella the Spanish Monarchy wish to spread Christianity and to harvest wealth

Harvesting The Wealth The discovery of “New World” gold brought great wealth to Spain Cortez, Pizarro, and others would conquer Native American societies This success convinced other European nations to invest in the New World

Mestizos Mulattos

French Colonization French will have limited success at colonizing the area of modern Canada, Louisiana, and around the Mississippi River They will not find great wealth like the Spanish Cartier – Canada LaSalle – New Orleans / Louisiana

The Original British Invasion Read English Protestantism pages 22 – 26 English Motivation: Wealth & Religion Mercantilism – selling goods to other nations without having to buy their goods, or harvesting goods from the colonies and forcing them to buy goods only from the U.K.

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