1. APUSH UNIT 1

2. Key Themes for Unit 1 Three worlds collide American Indian Networks
Spanish Mission Settlements
Columbian Exchange
Encomienda System
European Explorers and the three Gs.
Native Americans are disorganized and ill equipped to fight off the Europeans

3. Key Terms C/F for Unit 1 Mississippi River Valley Atlantic Seaboard
New World
Christianity
Feudalism
Capitalism
Joint Stock Companies
Native Americans (American Indians)
West African Slave Trade

4. Continental Drift

5. Routes of the First Americans
The first migrants to the Americas’ left the Far East/Siberia area and over 1000 years migrated over the Bering Straits land bridge during the last ice age and eventually travelled all the way to S.America.

6. North America 1500s

7. How does this picture help to describe the concept of European Feudalism ?

9. Columbus Comes upon a New World
Events leading up to discovery of New World
Europeans wanted products from Asia
Africa provides cheap slave labor
Portuguese develop long-range voyages
Spain – modern nation-state takes shape
Renaissance began in 1300s
Printing presses (1450) spread knowledge
Mariner’s compass invented (Arabs?)

10. Portugal asks for extra 200 miles West and receives what becomes Brazil.

12. The Columbian Exchange

13. Explorations of Hernán Cortés

15. Why England colonized Americas late
Initially allied with Spain so didn’t want to compete
Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church, setting off decades-long religious conflict in the nation
Famous sea dog pirates (Sir Francis Drake)
Early 1600s – 3 European powers make claims in 3 different parts of North America
1607 – English at Jamestown
1608 – French at Quebec
1610 – Spanish at Santa Fe

16. KEY FACTORS FOR ENGLAND’S COLONIZATION
Defeat of Spain
Enclosure Acts
Primogeniture Laws
Joint-Stock Companies

17. Joint Stock Companies and the Concept of Liability

19. Contextualization: Cause and Effect: APUSH Key Concepts
What else was happening during the time period of the event that is being asked about
Example: Evaluate the impact of Spanish culture on the Natives of South America?
Disease, Encomienda, and Conquest would all be events that were occurring that would be part of the contextualization for an answer to the question
Cause and Effect:
What happened and then what did it bring about

20. Activity in Small Groups for Cause and Effect
Think about an important event that happened in the last year that was in the news
What led to the event happening?
What was the impact or outcome of the situation/event?