1. The American Nation In the Modern Era
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Chapter 1 THE NEW NATION
Section 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
Section 2: The English Colonies
Section 3: Independence!
Section 4: Founding the Nation
CHAPTER 1--THE NEW NATION

2. Objectives: Section 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
How did early Native American culture groups develop?
What effects did trade and exploration have on societies in Asia, Africa, and Europe?
In what ways did Spanish conquerors gain land in Central and South America?
How did Spain develop a colonial empire in North America?

3. Early Native American culture groups
Section 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
Early Native American culture groups
developed agriculture
domesticated animals
created a number system and used a written language
built cities, some with canal systems
distinct regional cultures in spread-out areas

4. Effects of trade and exploration on Asia
Section 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
Effects of trade and exploration on Asia
China was opened to the West, and it became largest empire in the world.
Islam was spread.
Technology such as paper and printing was spread.

5. Effects trade and exploration on Africa
Section 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
Effects trade and exploration on Africa
Wealth and power was brought to city-states and kingdoms.
Islam was spread.

6. Effects trade and exploration on Europe
Section 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
Effects trade and exploration on Europe
The Crusades opened new trade routes.
The Renaissance was stimulated, and it brought new ideas and knowledge.

7. The Spanish conquest Section 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492.
Cortés conquered the Aztec in 1519.
Pizarro attacked the Inca in 1532.
By 1780, the Spanish colonial empire was the largest in the world.