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New World Beginnings33,000 B.C.-A.D. 1783
Theme:The first discoverers of America, theancestors of the
American Indians, were small
bands of hunters who crossed a temporary landbridge from Siberia
and spread across both
North and South America. They evolved a greatvariety of cultures
,which ranged from
sophisticated urban civilizations in Mexico and
Central and South America to the largely seminomadic societies
of North America.
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I. The First Americans
A. Physical Geography1. Mountains create barriers
2. People followed fooda. Water features
b. Beringia (40,000-8000)
3. Ice Age (2m-10,000)B. 1stAmericans/Amerindians
1. Sedentary Civilizations
2. Semi-sedentary Americansa. Pueblo Indians
b. Mount Builders
c. Eastern Indians3. Clash of Cultures
a. Ownership, authority,religious beliefs, war, slavery
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II. The Amazing Race
A. Non-Europeans came butdidnt stay
B. Vikings came but left notrace!
C. Fish and spices in demandD. Europeans colonize
1. nation-state competition,new technology,
economics,Christianity
2. Portuguese Explorers
3. Spanish Conquistadores
4. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
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III. Spanish Conquest
A. Impact of SpanishColonization
1. Columbian Exchange
2. Conquistadors Legacy
3. NO of Black Legend but
rather empire buildersB. Threats to Spanish Control
1. Encomienda system est.slavery.
2. Presidios in CA and FL
a. English (John Cabot)b. Italians (Verrazano)
c. French (Cartier and LaSalle)
d. Native Americans, (PopesRebellion, 1680)
