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Spanish colonization of the Americas

American Pageant 13th edition Chapter 1 Notes

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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings (33,000 B.C. ? A.D. 1769) The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago ? supercontinent w/ all world?s dry land break away into continents & oceans earth?s crust shifts and folds, forms mountain ranges ex. Appalachians, Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Cascades, Cost Ranges 10 million years ago ? North America basic shape formed Canadian Shield Great Ice Age 2 million years ago 10,000 years ago ? glaciers retreat Canadian Shield is depressed, topsoil gone Great Lakes filled Peopling the Americas most come by land, some by boat 35,000 years ago ? Ice Age fuse oceans, lower sea level land bridge from Eurasia N. America in Bering Sea Asian hunters, nomads, cross to Americas sea level rise after Ice Age over isolate Americas

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Chapter 19 Early Latin America I. Introduction A. Cortes conquers Aztecs 1. Amazed at beauty of Tenochtitlan - uncomparable B. Pattern of conquest, continuity and rebuilding 1. Spanish tried to utilized Native resources similarly a. Used materials from ruins to build own houses b. Used similar forced labor system c. Allowed to follow ancient customs C. Impact of invasions 1. Huge Spanish/Portuguese empires 2. Latin America pulled into new world economy 3. Hierarchy of world economic relationships ? Europe on top 4. New societies created ? some incorporated, some destroyed a. Distinct civilization combining Iberian Peninsula w/ Native 5. Created large landed estates 6. Europeans came to Americas for economic gain and social mobility

America A Narrative History 8th Edition ( Chapter 1 Outline)

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Ryan Lynn 6/7/13 AP US History Chapter 1 Outline: The Collision of Cultures- Pre-Columbian Indian Civilizations Possible origins of American Indians The Siberians The Siberians crossed the Bering Strait on a land bridge to Alaska. Crossed 12,000 to 15,000 years. Nomadic Hunters who drifted in pursuit of vast herds of mammals, mammoths, musk, oxen, bison and woolly rhinoceroses. In the next 500 years the Siberians migrated outwards from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America. Southwestern Europe Recent archaeological discoveries in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Chile reveal that prehistoric humans arrived by sea 18,000 to 40,000 years ago.

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CH 23 GR Terms: 1. Junta Central ? A political body created by Spanish patriots while fighting against the French to administer the areas the Spain controlled. 2. Creoles ? Colonial-born whites 3. Personalist leaders ? Political leaders who rely on charisma and their ability to mobilize and direct the masses of citizens outside the authority of constitutions and laws. 4. Caudillo ? In Latin America, a personalist who gained and held political power without constitutional sanction 5. Abolitionists ? Men and women who wanted to outlaw slavery 6. American Anti-Slavery Society ? Women served on the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society and produced some of the most effective propaganda against slavery.

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Capitalism- An economic system Caravel- A small Spanish sailing vessel Confederacy- A combination of people for unlawful purposes Conquistador- one of the Spanish conquerors Demographic- social statistic of a human population, as the number of births or deaths Ecosystem- Interaction of people in a community Encomienda- the land or village and its inhabitants Inflation ? Rise in general level of prices Matrilineal- inheriting through the female line Mestizo- a person of racially mixed ancestry Middleman- a person who plays an economic role Nation-State- a group of people who feel they share a common nationality Plantation- a large farm or estate Province- parts of a country outside of the capital Columbus- Italian navigator in Spanish service Pizarro- Spanish conqueror of Peru

Chapter 17 the Earth and Its People Notes

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CHAPTER 17 The Maritime Revolution, to 1550 I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 A. The Pacific Ocean 1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from the Malay Peninsula crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. 2. Polynesian expansion was the result of planned voyages undertaken with the intention of establishing colonies. Polynesian mariners navigated by the stars and by their observations of ocean currents and evidence of land. B. The Indian Ocean 1. Malayo-Indonesians colonized the island of Madagascar in a series of voyages that continued through the fifteenth century.

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