Transcript CHAPTER 1 THE NEW NATION

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Chapter 1
THE NEW NATION
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Early Exploration and Settlement
The English Colonies
Independence!
Founding the Nation
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Section 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
Objectives:
 How did early Native American culture groups develop?
 What effects did trade and exploration have on societies in
Asia, Africa, and Europe?
 In what ways did Spanish conquerors gain land in Central
and South America?
 How did Spain develop a colonial empire in North
America?
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Early Native American culture groups
 developed agriculture
 domesticated animals
 created a number system and used a written
language
 built cities, some with canal systems
 distinct regional cultures in spread-out areas
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Effects of trade and exploration on Asia
 China was opened to the West, and it became largest
empire in the world.
 Islam was spread.
 Technology such as paper and printing was spread.
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Effects trade and exploration on Africa
 Wealth and power was brought to city-states and
kingdoms.
 Islam was spread.
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Effects trade and exploration on Europe
 The Crusades opened new trade routes.
 The Renaissance was stimulated, and it brought
new ideas and knowledge.
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The Spanish conquest
 Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492.
 Cortés conquered the Aztec in 1519.
 Pizarro attacked the Inca in 1532.
 By 1780, the Spanish colonial empire was the
largest in the world.
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