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Explore the rich history of the Americas from the earliest human settlements around 33,000 BCE to the transformative events of 1769 CE. Discover the agricultural practices of indigenous civilizations like the Incas, Aztecs, and Mayans, including maize cultivation and irrigation technology. Learn about key historical figures like Columbus and the impact of the Columbian Exchange on both continents. This comprehensive overview includes the development of trade routes, colonial powers, and significant events that shaped the cultures of the Americas.
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New World Beginnings 33,000 BCE to 1769 CE
Peopling of Americas • Isolation leads to slower development • Incas, Aztecs (Mexica), and the Mayan • Maize Cultivation • Animism/Spirituality • Mathematics, astronomy, and trans-regional trade
Earliest Americans • Maize and Irrigation Technology • Hunting and Gathering • Cahokia • Gender Relations • Three-Sister Farming • Iroquois Confederacy
Indirect discoverers of the new world • Crusades and Western Europe • Spices, silks, drugs, perfume, and sugar • Marco Polo • Indian Ocean Maritime System and Silk Road • Muslim Middlemen
Europeans Enter Africa • Renaissance in Europe • Early Plantation System • Madeira, the Canaries, Sao Tome, and Principe • Portuguese • Dias 1488 • DeGama 1498 • Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Columbus:“Most successful failure in world history” • Columbus’s First Voyage • Circumnavigate the Globe – Magellan
Worlds collide • Columbian Exchange • Sugar Revolution
Spanish Conquistadors • Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) • Spain Dominated Exploration • Balboa • Magellan • Juan Ponce DeLeon • Coronado • Pizarro • Encomienda System
Conquest of Mexico • Hernan Cortes 1519 • Malinche • Monteczuma • Small Pox • Mestizo Population
Spread of SpanishAmerica • “God, Gold, and Glory” • Juan de Onate 1599 Battle of Acoma • Pope’s Rebellion 1680 • Black Legend
Arrival of the English • Incentives for Colonization • Land Scarcity • Mercantilism • Religious Motivation • English Reformation • Puritan Separatists • Irish Model
Arrival of the english • French and Dutch in America • New Amsterdam – French Influence • First English Settlements • Spanish Armada • Gilbert and Raleigh • Roanoke