APUSH Period 1 (1491-1607)

Central and South American Cultures
1. Aztec
  1. Located in Mexico
  2. Corn
  3. Cortés conquers
2. Inca
  1. Located in Peru
  2. Potatoes
  3. Pizarro conquers
3. Maya
  1. Located in Yucátan peninsula
  2. Declined before Aztecs (1st culture)
  3. Corn
4. Gender Roles
  1. Men hunt and make tools
  2. Women gather plants & nuts, and grow crops
Native Languages
1. 20 language families w/400 distinct languages
Southwest Settlements
1. Four corners of U.S.
2. Pueblos and Anasazi
  1. Cliff dwellings
Northeast Settlements
1. Ohio Valley to NY
  1. Iroquois Confederation
    1. Mohawk Valley
      1. Rival natives & Europeans
Tech
1. China- Gunpowder
2. Arabs- compass
Spanish Monarchy
1. 1469- Ferdinand and Isabella
  1. Conquer Moorish (Islamic) invaders' communities
  2. Eventually fund Columbus' voyages
    1. 1492- Lands in Bahamas
      1. doesn't find gold, spices or new route
      2. Columbian Exchange
        Exchange of resources, foods, ideas and diseases (smallpox)
  3. Exploration through conquistadorés
New Routes
1. 1453- Main trade area Constantinople captured by Ottoman turks
  1. Portugal's Prince Henry opens new route
    1. 1498- Vasca de Gama reaches India
Slavery
1. 1400's- Portuguese import slaves from West Africa
  1. Some run away/revolt
Treaty of Tordesillas
1. 1493/1494- Spanish pope divides land of Portugal b/t Spain and Portugal
Early 1600's settlements- North America
1. English send John Cabot- explores New Foundland in 1497
  1. Sir Francis Drake (pirate) attacks Spanish ships for silver/gold
  2. 1587- Walter Raleigh attempts failed Roanoke colony
2. French
  1. Verrazano sent to New York Harbor by french monarchy
  2. Jaques Cartier explores St. Lawrence River
  3. 1608- Champlain founds Quebec
  4. 1682- de La Salle explores along Mississippi river, names land Louisiana for French king
3. Dutch
  1. New Amsterdam/New York
  2. Dutch west India Co. controls land (corporation control)
4. Spanish
  1. Florida- St. Augustine (1565)
  2. New Mexico- Santa Fe (1610)
  3. Texas (early 1700's)
  4. California- Cabrillo in San Diego (late 1700's)
Treatment of Native Americans
1. Spanish
  1. Killed and enslaved most of population and had class system w/Spaniards on top
  2. De Las Casas condemns this
    1. Ends encomienda system
2. English
  1. Marriages w/natives
  2. Coexisted until no respect and English force them out of land
3. French
  1. trade/war allies

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