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PROGRESSIVES/NEW LEFT HISTORIOGRAPHY: HISTORY IS INTERPRETATION BIAS? MIS-INTERPRETATION? FACTS/EVIDENCE? GROB & BILLIAS – EXPLAIN SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT PROGRESSIVES/NEW LEFT NEO-CONSERVATIVES 1900-1940’S CLASS CONFLICT HOPED FOR POLITICAL BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY VS. 1960’S-80’S GROUP CONFLICT: GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY CONSENSUS OR TRADITIONAL 1940’S-60’S SHARED IDEAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONFLICT CONTINUITY, CONSENSUS, UNITY 1980’S-PRESENT TRADITIONAL AM. VALUES

I. TRANSFORMATION OF THE ATLANTIC WORLD AGE OF EXPLORATION RENAISSANCE SLAVE TRADE OTTOMAN, QUING, SONGHAY EMPIRES OBJ: EVALUATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF EUROPEAN AND NATIVE MAERICAN ENCOUNTERS 3 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENTS 1450-1700 NATIVE AMERICAN DIVERSITY & COMPLEXITY POL, ECO, SOC & REL PRACTICES HAD SIMILARITIES BUT DIFFERED BASED ON GEOGRAPHY, POPULATION SIZE COLONIAL SETTLEMENT & COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS/PLANTS ALTERED LANDSCAPE, DISEASE DECIMATED NATIVE POPS EXPERIMENTATION & TRANSFORMATION TYPES OF COLONIES BASED UPON CLIMATE, GEO, EURO. TRIBUTE BASED, PLANTATION, BASED ON EURO SETTLEMENTS

EARLY MIGRATION TO AMERICAS 3 WAVES: APPROX. 13,000-3000 BCE MIGRATION USUALLY SOUTH (MEX/PERU) BUT ALSO, EAST TO MISS VALLEY & SE NORTH AM. DOMESTICATED CROPS 6,000 YRS AGO ( POTATO, MAIZE) LED TO POP GROWTH

PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICAN PEOPLE

NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETIES SIMILARITIES BUT DEVELOPED DISTINCT & COMPLEX SOCIETIES DUE TO ENVIRONMENT EASTERN WOODLANDS A) MISS. VALLEY: MOUND BUILDERS B) IROQUOIS: HUNTER/GATHERER’S SOUTHEASTERN WOODLANDS: FARMERS GREAT LAKES: 1 PEOPLE BUT EURO’S SAW AS SEPARATE H2O SHAPED CULTURE, MOBILE GREAT PLAINS/ROCKIES: LACKED H20 HORSE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR BUFFALO HUNTING NOMADIC SOUTHWEST: IRRIGATION & AG MAIZE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT & SURVIVAL MIGRATED BY 1,000 CE ABANDONED 1150 PACIFIC COAST: 300K, TRADE & FISHING MANY LANGUAGES = DIVERSITY

II. EUROPEAN & AFRICAN RELATIONS MID 15TH CENTURY EUROPE – FEUDAL, CRUSADES, RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION AFRICA – WEST AFRICAN KINGDOMS, ISLAM, TRADE NETWORKS PORTUGAL: 1435 SALT, WINE & FISH FOR GOLD & IVORY THEN SLAVES PLANTATIONS BRAZIL SPAIN: ‘WEST’ TO ASIA, AMERICA’S, 1492 & COLUMBUS DISAGREEMENT LED TO TREATY OF TORDESILLAS 1494