1. The Founding of America 700-1690

2. Europe Encounters America I. Vikings Arrive in America 1. Vikings originate from Scandinavia 2. 1000 AD Leif Erikson Arrives to America

3. Spain Sends Columbus West A New Geography for the 1400s 1. Explorers knew the world was round 2. Muslim Geography

4. B) Columbus’s Plan According to Columbus Spain and India are close Columbus gets Ferdinand and Isabella to pay for trip to Asia

5. The First Voyage Columbus found the Bahamas Hispanola and Cuba Columbus thought the Indians had gold

6. Columbus’s Later Voyages 17 Ships send 1,200 colonists to the new world Colonists wants to get rich, nobody wants to do work

7. Spain Claims America The Treaty of Tordesillas Spain Gets half of the new world Portugal gets half of the new world

8. Naming America 1) Columbus still thought he got to India 2) Amerigo Vespucci thought otherwise

9. Continuing Spanish Expeditions Ponce De Leon “finds” Florida Balboa “finds” Panama Magellan “finds” the pacific

10. IV) The Columbian Exchange A) From America to Europe 1) Corn Tobacco and Gum 2) Potato and chocolate V) From Europe to America 1) Coffee and Oranges 2) Horses and Guns

11. The Spanish and French Build Empires I) The conquest of Mexico A) The Spanish encounter the Aztec 1) Hernan Cortes 11 Ships 550 men and 16 horses take Mexico 2) Smallpox takes the rest B) The Invasion Begins 1) Guns Germs and Steel 2) Montezuma bows down

12. C) Cortez Defeats the Aztec 1) Tenochtitlan the island in the lake 2) 4,000 slain by cannon and smallpox II. New Spain Expands A) Pizzaro Conquers the Incas 1) Peru conquered 2) Held the kings hostage

13. B) Searching for cities of Gold 1) constantly searching for gold 2) Native Americans slayed for gold C) The Spanish Settle the Southwest 1) New Spain and New Mexico 2) Missionary work

14. III. Spanish American Society A) The Encomienda System 1) Commissioners as awards 2) To convert and protect B) A society based on class 1) Spanish and Church 2) Criollos- Spanish born in colonies 3) Mestizos- mixed Spanish Native Americans

15. C) Mining and Ranching 1) No Gold but silver 2) Cattle and sheep IV) The French Empire in America A) France Explores America 1) 1600’s exploration starts 2) New land/new resources

16. B) New France is founded 1) Fur Trade is huge 2) From Nova Scotia to New Orleans C) Life in New France 1) Fur Traders and Black robes 2) Good relationships with Indians

17. V. New France Expands A) Exploring the Mississippi 1) Jesuits 2) Up and down the river B) Settling Louisiana 1) Mobile and New Orleans 2) Too hot to work…..

18. C) Rivalry with Spain 1) Too close together 2) Constantly fighting

19. Homework How was America Settled? One paragraph T.A.G. the assignment