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Peoples of the Americas
European Expansionism
Worlds Collide
I. Native Peoples in the Americas
A. Native Peoples Develop Diverse Cultures
1. Early settlers
2. Agricultural systems
3. Complex societies
B. The Aztecs, the Maya, and the Incas
1. The Aztecs
2. The Maya
3. The Incas
I. Native Peoples in the Americas
C. Native Cultures to the North
1. Smaller societies and hunting-gathering
societies
2. Hopewell culture
3. Mississippian peoples
II. Europe Expands Its Reach
A. The Mediterranean World
1. Exposure to other civilizations
2. The Black Death
3. The Renaissance
II. Europe Expands Its Reach
B. Portugal Pursues Long-Distance Trade
1. Henry the Navigator
2. Portuguese expeditions
3. European markets expand
C. European Encounters with West Africa
1. Europeans’ images of Africa
2. Impact of slave trade in Africa
3. Bound labor in Europe
Columbus on reaching West Indies
• Primary Source – Oct. 12, 1492
• p. 15, textbook
III. Worlds Collide
A. Europeans Cross the Atlantic
1. Early explorations
2. “Enterprise of the Indies”
3. Columbus journeys west and lands in
America
B. Europeans Explore the Americas
1. Encomienda system
2. Further exploration
III. Worlds Collide
C. Mapmaking and Printing
1. Impact of printing innovations on
exploration
2. Native American writing innovations
D. The Columbian Exchange
1. Demographic disasters in America
2. Benefits for Europe
3. Impact on Africa
IV. Europeans Make Claims to
North America
A. Spaniards Conquer Indian Empires
1. March to Tenochtitlán
2. Hernán Cortés’s victory over the Aztecs
3. Francisco Pizarro’s victory over the Incas
B. Spanish Adventurers Head North
1. Early attempts to settle North America
2. Hernando de Soto’s expedition
3. Effects of de Soto’s exploration
IV. Europeans Make Claims to
North America
C. Europeans Compete in North America
1. French expeditions
2. English expeditions
D. Spain Seeks Dominion in Europe and the
Americas
1. Effects of Spanish wealth
2. Religious questions
3. Bartolomé de Las Casas
4. Spread of American riches
Doing History
Selection, construction, perspective, ideology
Objectivity?
Zinn, pps. 8-10 – one approach
