Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 12/e

1. Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 12/e Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures

2. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • America Before Columbus   • The Civilizations of the South • Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs   The Mayan Pyramid of Kukulkan(Royalty-Free/CORBIS)

3. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • America Before Columbus   • The Civilizations of the North • Complex and Varied Civilizations   How the Early North Americans Lived

4. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • America Before Columbus   • The Civilizations of the North • Complex and Varied Civilizations  • Mobile Societies  Iroquois Women (Library of Congress)

5. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • America Before Columbus   • Tribal Cultures • Agricultural Revolution Secotan Village, 1585(Library of Congress)

6. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Commerce and Nationalism • A Reawakening of Commerce Marco Polo leaves for the Far East (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)

7. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Commerce and Nationalism • A Reawakening of Commerce • Centralized Nation-States

8. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Commerce and Nationalism • A Reawakening of Commerce • Centralized Nation-States • Prince Henry the Navigator

9. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Christopher Columbus • Columbus’s First Voyage Christopher Columbus(Library of Congress)

10. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Christopher Columbus • Columbus’s First Voyage • Religious Motives for Exploration Christopher Columbus(Library of Congress)

11. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Christopher Columbus • Columbus’s First Voyage • Religious Motives for Exploration • Ferdinand Magellan

12. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • The Conquistadores • Cortés Conquers the Aztecs European Exploration and Conquest, 1492-1583

13. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • The Conquistadores • Cortés Conquers the Aztecs • Brutality and Greed European Exploration and Conquest, 1492-1583

14. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Spanish America • Ordinances of Discovery Spanish America

15. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Spanish America • Ordinances of Discovery • Catholic Missions Spanish America

16. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Northern Outposts • St. Augustine St. Augustine – Promontory of Florida, 1565(LoC)

17. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Northern Outposts • St. Augustine • Pueblo Revolt of 1680 Pueblo Ruins in New Mexico(CORBIS / Royalty-Free)

18. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • The Empire at High Tide • Spain’s Vast Empire Mexico, California, and Florida, 1600 (Royalty-Free / CORBIS)

19. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • The Empire at High Tide • Spain’s Vast Empire • Rigid Royal Control De Soto in North America (Rare Books Division, Library of Congress)

20. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • The Empire at High Tide • Spain’s Vast Empire • Rigid Royal Control • A Collision of Cultures De Soto in North America (Rare Books Division, Library of Congress)

21. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Biological and Cultural Exchanges • Increasing Levels of Exchange

22. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Biological and Cultural Exchanges • Increasing Levels of Exchange • Demographic Catastrophe

23. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Biological and Cultural Exchanges • Increasing Levels of Exchange • Demographic Catastrophe • Deliberate Subjugation and Extermination

24. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Biological and Cultural Exchanges • Increasing Levels of Exchange • Demographic Catastrophe • Deliberate Subjugation and Extermination • New Crops and Agricultural Techniques

25. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Biological and Cultural Exchanges • Increasing Levels of Exchange • Demographic Catastrophe • Deliberate Subjugation and Extermination • New Crops and Agricultural Techniques • A Complex Racial Hierarchy

26. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Biological and Cultural Exchanges • Increasing Levels of Exchange • Demographic Catastrophe • Deliberate Subjugation and Extermination • New Crops and Agricultural Techniques • A Complex Racial Hierarchy • Reasons for Intermarriage

27. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • Biological and Cultural Exchanges • Increasing Levels of Exchange • Demographic Catastrophe • Deliberate Subjugation and Extermination • New Crops and Agricultural Techniques • A Complex Racial Hierarchy • Reasons for Intermarriage • Varied Labor Systems

28. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • African and America • Ghana and Mali 1633 Map of Atlantic (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) Inset from Map of Africa and Americas (Library of Congress)

29. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • African and America • Ghana and Mali • Benin, Congo, and Songhay 1633 Map of Atlantic (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) Inset from Map of Africa and Americas (Library of Congress)

30. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • African and America • Ghana and Mali • Benin, Congo, and Songhay • Matrilineal Societies 1633 Map of Atlantic (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)

31. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • Europe Looks Westward   • African and America • Ghana and Mali • Benin, Congo, and Songhay • Matrilineal Societies • Growth of the African Slave Trade 1633 Map of Atlantic (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)

32. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • John Cabot  

33. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The Commercial Incentive • The Enclosure Movement  Wasdale Head, Cumbria, England(Royalty-Free / CORBIS)

34. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The Commercial Incentive • The Enclosure Movement  • Chartered Companies British East India Ship Roster, London, 1766 (Library of Congress)

35. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The Commercial Incentive • The Enclosure Movement  • Chartered Companies • Mercantilism British East India Ship Roster, London, 1766 (Library of Congress)

36. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The Commercial Incentive • The Enclosure Movement  • Chartered Companies • Mercantilism • Richard Hakluyt’s Argument for Colonies British East India Ship Roster, London, 1766 (Library of Congress)

37. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The Religious Incentive • Doctrine of Predestination John Calvin(Portrait Gallery)

38. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The Religious Incentive • Doctrine of Predestination • The English Reformation Queen Elizabeth I(Portrait Gallery)

39. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The Religious Incentive • Doctrine of Predestination • The English Reformation • Puritan Separatists

40. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The Religious Incentive • Doctrine of Predestination • The English Reformation • Puritan Separatists • Puritan Discontent

41. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The English in Ireland • Subjugation of Ireland

42. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The English in Ireland • Subjugation of Ireland • The Plantation Model

43. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The French and the Dutch in America • Coureurs de Bois A French Map of North America, 1656 (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)

44. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The French and the Dutch in America • Coureurs de Bois • Henry Hudson

45. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The French and the Dutch in America • Coureurs de Bois • Henry Hudson • New Amsterdam New Amsterdam preacher (Library of Congress)

46. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The First English Settlements • The Spanish Armada A Galleon in Flames (The Palma Collection / Getty Images)

47. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • The First English Settlements • The Spanish Armada • Gilbert’s Expedition to Newfoundland

48. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • Roanoke • The First Roanoke Colony

49. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • The Arrival of the English • Roanoke • The First Roanoke Colony • New Colonial Charters

50. Chapter One: The Meeting of Cultures • America in the World:  The Atlantic Context of Early American History 1587 Map of the Americas (Fototeca Storica Nazionale / Getty Images )