APUSH Unit 1 Flashcards
Last year of first period
1607, with the arrival of the English
Atlantic world
The two worlds who existed (Americas, Eurasia & Africa) came together in the Colombian exchange
Mississippi settlement Cahokia
At one point even before arrival of Europeans, population was great but they were all in smaller groups and gone later due to drought or something
Change in European economy because of bullion
From feudalism (lord with casters, Knights, surfs) to capitalism (buy and sell labor) because of the gold discovered in the new world
Pueblos
Irrigation systems and Adobe housing
Indirect discovers
Christina crusaders
Marco Polo
Norse Vikings (?)
Muslim middlemen
Prince Henry the Navigator
A Portugal who set up a school to teach explorers to navigate
Spain’s unification
Marriage between Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile
Spain unification caused….
Spain to have the power, confidence, and wealth to compete with the Portugal
Columbus
2 voyages
1st: looking for Asia, landed in Bahamas
2nd: looking to conquest and bring cattle, landed in Hispaniola
Sugar revolution
Columbus brought sugar to the new world, became a staple in European diet, expanded slavery “rich man crop”
Treaty of Tordesillas
1494, divided New World between Spain & Portugal: most to Spain, Portugal got Brazil, territory in Africa & Asia coastlines
Spain got America
Assisted by Catholic Church, ignored by English
Hernan Cortes advantages against Aztexs
Hundreds won again hundreds of thousands because….
Metalwork (swords, armor)
Horses (intimidating)
Other NA allies (Aztecs treated them cruelly)
Battle of Acoma
1599, Spain made example out of Pueblos, treated them brutally
Pope’s Rebellion
1680, Pueblos rose up against missions & Spain lost control of New Mexico for 12 years
Important onCaribbean Islands and Weat Indies
Acted as offshore bases for Spanish invasion of mainland America
Great Plains & Great Basin NAs
Mobile societies, followed around Buffaloes since soil was infertile
Atlantic Coast NAs
Mix of agricultural & hunter-gathered economies with mainly permanent villages
Northwest & California NAs
Hunter-gatherer societies and fishing, permanent
Number of years ago people first arrived in America
35 thousand years ago
Where are Incas, Aztecs, Mayans
Incas= Peru Aztecs= Mexico Mayans= Central America
Iroquois Confederacy
Group of 6 Iroquois nations, political & organized
Setting stage for Columbus’ voyage (4)
1) Portuguese invented caravels
2) Spain unified, giving power & wealth for discovery, conquest, colonization
3) beginning of Renaissance, adventure
4) Invention of printing press & compass
Hernan Cortes defeats Aztecs when?
1521
Number of NAs in Americas in 1492
54 million in both Americas
4 million in North America
Who was tricked by Pueblos
Francisco Coronado, in search of gold in Quivira
Who conquers New Mexico
Don Juan de Onate also is responsible for Battle of Acoma
Who believes NAs have right to live
Bartolome de Las Casas, believes NAs have right to live and are highly developed
Hernando de Soto also believed NAs to be intelligent
Who conquered Incas
Francisco Pizzaro, also got much gold from Incas
Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels of Thinking
1) Recall (remembering)
2) Application (using information)
3) Analysis (breaking down into its parts and examining)
4) Evaluation (assessing, critiquing, appraising)
5) Creatinf (synthesis, putting together to make something new)
AP PARTS
Author Place and time Prior knowledge Audience Reason The main idea Significance
First year of American history
1941, symbolizes the fact that NAs existed in America and built societies before Columbus arrived
