Key Concepts
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.Before the arrival of Europeans, native populations in North America developed a wide variety of social, political, and economic structures based in part on interactions with the environment and each other.
Key Concept 1.2.European overseas expansion resulted in the Columbian Exchange, a series of interactions and adaptations among societies across the Atlantic.
Contacts among American Indians, Africans, and Europeans challenged the worldview of each group
Key Concept 1.1.Before the arrival of Europeans, native populations in North America developed a wide variety of social, political, and economic structures based in part on interactions with the environment and each other.
Key Concept 1.2.European overseas expansion resulted in the Columbian Exchange, a series of interactions and adaptations among societies across the Atlantic.
Contacts among American Indians, Africans, and Europeans challenged the worldview of each group
Notes
| unit1notes.pdf |
Primary and Secondary Source Readings
| taking sides was Columbus and Imperialist?.pdf |
| Was conflict inevitable? No |
| Was conflict inevitable? Yes |
sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus1.asp Click this link to read Columbus in his own words.
Art Analysis: The Encomienda System
| group_1.pdf |
| group_2.pdf |
| group_3.pdf |
| group_4.pdf |
| de la Casas_destruction.pdf |