Period 1 (1491-1607)
Paula Murillo 1/4/16
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus spent years trying to find financial support for his plan to sail from Europe to the Indies. Columbus later on became governor, admiral, and viceroy of all of the lands he would claim for Spain.
African Resistance
Enslaved Africans resisted slavery. They were transported miles from their homelands and they often ran away, sabotaged their work, or revolted.
Columbian Exchange
Europeans and the natives of America touched off a trans-Atlantic trade in animals, plants, and germs. The trade changed the way people around the globe thought and lived.
Renaissance
Europeans began to use gunpowder and the sailing compass and made major improvements in shipbuilding and map making. The invention of the printing press helped the spread of knowledge all over Europe.
Native American Cultures (1491-1607) - AP US History (APUSH) @TomRichey
Languages
English and Spanish and all other European languages were part of one language family which was the Indo-European. American Indian languages had more than 20 language families. Along with the Algonquian language, all these families included more than 400 clear languages.
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Improvements in technology changed the economy in Europe and the Americas.
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The Spanish and Portuguese explorers dealt with people who were different from them which lead to debates over how American Indians should be treated and how civilized the groups were compared to the European standards.