On a North American continent controlled by Native Americans, contact among the peoples of Europe, the Americas, and West Africa created a new world.
Key Concept 1.2: Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Key Concept 1.3: European overseas expansion resulted in the Columbian Exchange, a series of interactions and adaptations among societies across the Atlantic.
APUSH Review: Period 1 (1491 - 1607) In 10 Minutes!
APUSH Review: The Encomienda System
APUSH Review: Spanish, English, French, and Dutch Colonization (Periods 1 and 2)
America Before Columbus Video:
Review for Chapters 1& 2 of Textbook:
Columbian Exchange:
Charles C. Mann: America Before Columbus from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.
John Fea: Gold, Gospel, and Glory: Motivations for European Exploration and Colonization of the Americas from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.
Philip Morgan: The African Slave Trade, 1500-1800 from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.
Brian DeLay: Exchanges of Culture and Conflict in the Southwest from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.
Tony Horwitz: A Voyage Long and Strange from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.
