The Discovery of the “New World”

APUSH Unit #1 (Chps 1-4)SSUSH1 The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17th century.

SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North America developed.

APUSH “Take Five”

The quest…”why did Europeans seek a “new World” or did they?

The Earliest Inhabitants

Paleo-IndiansLand bridge (25,000-11,000 years ago)

Bering StraitsLifestyles (14,000 years ago)

Hunters and gatherers Mound builders, cliff dwellers, etc Farmers Craftsmen

The Bering Straits

The Agricultural Revolution

Shift from food gathering to food producingLed to changes in society (500 AD)

Hunter/gatherers (nomadic) to→Semi-nomadic farmers to→Subsistence farming to→Organized farming w/ specialized jobs to→CIVILIZATION!

The Earliest Inhabitants move to Meso-America & South America

Early writings & cultural developmentsSolar calendars & pok-a-tok

City-StatesRole of religion in society

Human sacrificesMayansAztecs Incas

Mayan ruins

Solar Calendar

Mayan Artwork

Pok a tok arena

The Aztecs

Aztec Empire

Incas in the Andes Mtn. of S.A.

Machu Picchu

First Encounters

The VikingsEric the Red & Leif Eriksson

The Vikings

Viking travels

Erik the Red

First Europeans Arrive

Early Explorers Prince Henry the Navigator Christopher Columbus (1492) Ferdinand Magellan

The Inter Caetera (1493) The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

Expanding into the “new world” Hernan Cortes

The Conquistadores Hernando De Soto—makes his way to North

America

Prince Henry

Ferdinand Magellan

The world according to Herodotus Greek Historian 400s BC

Christopher Columbus

Columbus was a Ginger!!

Answer…the quest…

After the crusades, in which Europeans went to the far east to Christianize the “infidels”, Europeans came into contact with the riches of the far east for the first time

Europeans were not seeking a “new world”, they were looking for a shorter route to the far east Cathay= China Cipangu= Japan

And…they wanted to cut out the hated Italian middle man who was becoming very rich off of other European countries

Europeans –the Early Conquerors

SpainEncomiendas

The ConquistadoresAztecs fall—renamed Mexico CityRape, pillage, plunder (Montezuma’s

revenge)Spanish Armada

The 3 G’sGod, Glory, Gold= Greed

Take Five

What does the “Columbian Exchange” refer to?

What is the MOST important ramification of European interaction with the New World?

The “Columbian Exchange”

What was the impact of Europeans on the new world?DiseasePolitical and economic dominationHorses and livestockFood products

The “Columbian Exchange”

What was the impact of the “Indians” on Europe?Food productsDiseaseGold