“For I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy faith by love than by force, gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so much our friends.…It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything.…They have no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish’s tooth at the end….They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians as it appeared to me that they had no religion.”
-Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492
-Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492
Period One: 1491-1607
Transformations of North America
On a North American continent controlled by American Indians, contact among the peoples of Europe, the Americas, and West Africa created a new world.
Key Concept 1.1: As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments.
Key Concept 1.2: Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Different native societies adapted to and transformed their environments through innovations in agriculture, resource use, and social structure.
Key Concept 1.2: Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
- European expansion into the Western Hemisphere generated intense social, religious, political, and economic competition and changes within European societies.
- The Columbian Exchange and development of the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere resulted in extensive demographic, economic, and social changes.
- In their interactions, Europeans and Native Americans asserted divergent worldviews regarding issues such as religion, gender roles, family, land use, and power.
Chapter One: Colliding Worlds (1450-1600)
Aim: How does European contact impact the Americas?
"Thirty-three days after my departure from (the Canary islands) I reached the Indian Sea, where I discovered many islands, thickly peopled, of which I took possession without resistance in the name of our most illustrious monarch, by public proclamation and with unfurled banners."
-Christopher Columbus, select letters 1493
-Christopher Columbus, select letters 1493
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Chapter Two: American Experiments (1521-1700)
Aim: How do 13 British colonies develop?
"If they desire Piety and godliness should prosper; accompanied with sobriety, justice and love, let them choose a Country such as this is; even like France, or England, which may yield sufficiency with hard labour and industry…"
-Reverend John White, The Planter’s Plea, 1630
-Reverend John White, The Planter’s Plea, 1630
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