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New World Beginnings33,000 B.C.-A.D. 1783
Theme: The first discoverers of America, the ancestors of the American Indians, were small bands
of hunters who crossed a temporary land bridge from Siberia and spread across both North and South
America. They evolved a great variety of cultures ,which ranged from sophisticated urban
civilizations in Mexico and Central and South America to the largely semi nomadic societies of North
America.
I. The First AmericansA. Physical Geography
1. Mountains create barriers2. People followed food
a. Water featuresb. Beringia (40,000-8000)
3. Ice Age (2m-10,000)
B. 1st Americans/Amerindians1. Sedentary Civilizations2. Semi-sedentary “Americans”
a. Pueblo Indiansb. Mount Buildersc. Eastern Indians
3. Clash of Culturesa. Ownership, authority, religious
beliefs, war, slavery
II. The Amazing RaceA. Non-Europeans came but
didn’t stayB. Vikings came but left no
trace!C. Fish and spices in demandD. Europeans colonize
1. nation-state competition, new technology, economics, Christianity
2. Portuguese Explorers3. Spanish Conquistadores4. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
III. Spanish ConquestA. Impact of Spanish Colonization
1. “Columbian Exchange2. Conquistadors Legacy3. NO of “Black Legend” but rather
empire builders
B. Threats to Spanish Control1. 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, (Pope’s
Rebellion, 1680)