What are the most important topics in Chapters 1 & 2? How does what I read “fit into” APUSH Period 1 (1491-1607)? Mrs. Sinacore, 2015

Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures

What was America like before Columbus? Incans, Mayans, Aztecs in the South Varied, complex and diverse civilizations in the North Key Concept 1.1: As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments.

What was America like before Columbus? Incans, Mayans, Aztecs in the South Varied, complex and diverse civilizations in the North Key Concept 1.1: As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments.

What was America like before Columbus? Spread of maize impacted the PUEBLO and CHINOOK peoples Societies in arid areas developed mobile lifestyles In the northeast, the Mississippi River Valley, and along the Atlantic coast, Native American peoples developed mixed societies, like the IROQUOIS and ALGONQUIAN Societies in the northwest and along the Pacific Coast, Native Americans were diverse – hunters and gatherers, settled in communities, used ocean resources

Why did Europeans begin to look westward? Commerce Nationalism 1492

How and why did Spain explore the world in the 1400s? Columbus Conquistadors Spanish America The Columbian Exchange Key Concept 1.2: Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

How and why did Spain explore the world in the 1400s? Columbus Conquistadors Spanish America – encomienda system, missions The Columbian Exchange Key Concept 1.2: Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

How were Africa and the “new world” connected? West African Kingdoms Slave Trade

Why and how did the English settle in North America? Economic Motivations Religious Motivations England’s experiences with Ireland Competition with the French and the Dutch Roanoke Charters

Chapter 2: Transplantations and Borderlands

What was life like in the Chesapeake region? Jamestown Reorganization Tobacco Exchange Maryland Expansion of Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion

What was life like in New England? Plymouth Massachusetts Bay Expansion Interaction with the Native Americans

How did colonization change after the restoration of the English Monarchy? The English Civil War The Carolinas New York New Jersey Pennsylvania

What other areas of the “new world” were colonized by Europeans? The Caribbean The Southwest The Southeast Georgia

How did the British Empire evolve ? Reorganization The Dominion of New England The “Glorious Revolution”