APUSH Period 1 Review (1491-1607)

Period 1: Colonization of North America (1491-1607)

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1. In what ways were Native American societies similar and different?
2. What historical forces caused Europeans to conquer territories in the Americas?
3. How did the Columbian Exchange lead to demographic shifts on both sides of the Atlantic?

KEY CONCEPTS

1.1. Native American Populations

1. Diverse native societies adapted to their environments.
1. Maize cultivation in Mexico & American Southwest supported communities.
2. Great Basin & grasslands were arid, so communities were mobile.
3. Northeast, Mississippi River, and Atlantic coast communities practiced a mix of agriculture and foraging in permanent settlements.
4. Northwest and Pacific coast communities mostly foraged and fished.

1.2. The Columbian Exchange

1. Arrival of Europeans in the Americas led to massive changes for Europe.
   1. Europeans motivated by wealth accumulation, spreading Christianity, and conquering territory (god, gold, & glory).
   2. New crops from Americas increased pop in Europe, shifted feudalism to capitalism.
   3. Better technology led to more trade facilitated by joint-stock companies.
2. Columbian Exchange had demographic consequences.
1. Europeans brought new diseases which wiped out most Native Americans.
2. Native Americans forced to work plantations through encomienda system.
3. African slave trade expanded to replace declining Native American populations.
4. Racial caste system implemented to define status of Native American and Africans
• 👑 Labor, Slavery, and Caste
3. Europeans and Native Americans had different world views.
   1. Conflicts between Native Americans and Europeans defined the early years.
   2. Native peoples defended their land and societies through diplomacy and military.
   3. Debates sparked among Europeans about treatment of Native peoples.
   4. Cultural differences among Europeans and Native Americans led to conflict
   • 📚Cultural Interactions Between Natives, Europeans, and Africans

LIST OF CONCEPTS & VOCABULARY FROM PERIOD 1

• Algonquin
• Aztecs
• Bartolome de las Casas
• chattel slavery
• Chinook
• Christopher Columbus
• Columbian Exchange
• Conquistadors
• encomienda
• Francisco Pizarro
• Henry Hudson
• Hernan Cortes
• Incas
• Iroquois
• Iroquois Confederation
• Jacques Cartier
• John Cabot
• joint-stock companies
• Juan de Onate
• Juan de Sepulveda
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• maroons
• Pueblo
• Roanoke
• Samuel de Champlain
• sextant
• Smallpox
• Spanish Mission
• St. Augustine
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• Vodun
• Walter Raleigh
• Zambo