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UNIT I: COLONIAL AMERICAUNIT I: COLONIAL AMERICA1.1 DISCOVERY & THE 1.1 DISCOVERY & THE

MEETING OF CULTURESMEETING OF CULTURES

#1: Analyze the relationship between the #1: Analyze the relationship between the Indians of North America and the following Indians of North America and the following

countries before 1750: Spanish, French, and countries before 1750: Spanish, French, and British.British.

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• I. Europe & Exploration: I. Europe & Exploration: Why Does Why Does Europe Looks Westward?Europe Looks Westward?    

– A. Causes 

The Polos leave for the Far East

1. Improvements in Technology2. Religious Conflicts3. Expanding Trade4. Developing Nation-States

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• I. Europe & Exploration: I. Europe & Exploration: How Should Columbus’s Discovery be viewed?How Should Columbus’s Discovery be viewed?– B. Early Explorations    

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• II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.– A. The Spanish Empire

    1. What were their motives for Exploration?

“GOD, GOLD, & GLORY”

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• II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.– A. The Spanish Empire

    2. What kind of dealings did they have w/ Natives?a. Conquer & Conquistadorsb. Warfare & disease = Empire

3. Describe how they managed their settlements.a. Encomienda & Class Systemb. Asiento System & Slave Tradec. Northern Outposts (Pueblo Revolt)d. “Collision of Cultures”

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Discovery & The Meeting of CulturesDiscovery & The Meeting of Cultures• II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.

– B. The English

1. What Economic/Commercial Motives Pushed Exploration? a. Enclosure Movementb. Charter Co. & Merchantsc. Mercantalism

2. What Religious Motives Pushed Exploration? a. Reformations b. Puritan Separatists & Discontent

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Discovery & The Meeting of CulturesDiscovery & The Meeting of Cultures• II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.

– B. The English

3. Describe first settlements & dealings w/ Natives.a. Roanokeb. South (Cooperation to Conflict)

i. Powhatan Indiansii. Tuscarora War

c. New England (Cooperation to Con.)

i. Squanto & Massasoitii. Changing Attitudesiii. Pequot Wariv. King Philip’s War

d. Pennsylvania

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Discovery & The Meeting of CulturesDiscovery & The Meeting of Cultures• II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.II. Compare and Contrast Settlements.

– C. The French

1. What were their motives for exploration?a. Political & Economic

2. Describe the early settlements & relations with Natives.a. Quebec & Slow Growthb. Jesuit Missionariesc. Fur Trade & Alliancesd. Few Colonists Expand or Build

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Discovery & The Meeting of CulturesDiscovery & The Meeting of Cultures• III. Results: “Columbian Exchange”  III. Results: “Columbian Exchange”  

– A. For Native Americans

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Discovery & The Meeting of CulturesDiscovery & The Meeting of Cultures• III. Results: “Columbian Exchange” III. Results: “Columbian Exchange”

  – B. For Europeans