Summary: New World Beginnings Mr. Shaping North America
AP US HISTORY- MIDTERM REVIEW GUIDE
Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Mr. Cruz
Shaping North America
> 10 million years ago: Mountains formed in North America (Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and Appalachians).
> 2 million years ago: Ice Age in North America, and glaciers shaped the continent.
> 35,000 years ago: Land bridge created between Eurasia and North America.
> 10,000 years ago: Sea level rose and America was separated from Eurasia again.
The People of the Americas
> Sophisticated ancient civilizations: Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs. o Advanced agriculture (maize), elaborate cities with commerce, and made astronomical observations.
> Pueblo people: built irrigation from corn fields.
> Mound builders: lived in the Ohio …show more content…
> Ferdinand Magellan (1519-22): sailed from Spain to the tip of South America—1st circumnavigation of the globe—but was killed along the way.
> Juan Ponce de Leon (1513-21): explored Florida searching for the “fountain of youth”.
> Francisco Coronado (1540-42): explored Arizona and New Mexico, and discovered the Grand Canyon and bison.
> Hernando de Soto (1539-42): went on a gold expedition and crossed the Mississippi.
> Francisco Pizarro (1532): crushed the Incas and got treasure.
> Silver and gold in Spain fed the growth of capitalism, transformed the world economy, spread commerce, and increased manufacturing.
> Encomienda: let the government give Indians to colonists so they can “Christianize” them.
The Conquest of Mexico
> Hernán Cortéz (1519): sailed for Mexico and picked up 2 interpreters of the Aztec language on the way. He learned of gold in Tenochtitlán and the Aztec chief Moctezuma.
> Moctezuma believed Cortéz was the god Quetzalcoatl.
> June 30, 1520: The Aztecs attacked the greedy Spaniards.
> August 13, 1521: Cortéz laid siege and the empire collapsed.
> Spanish intermarried with natives and created mestizo
Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Mr. Cruz
Shaping North America
> 10 million years ago: Mountains formed in North America (Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and Appalachians).
> 2 million years ago: Ice Age in North America, and glaciers shaped the continent.
> 35,000 years ago: Land bridge created between Eurasia and North America.
> 10,000 years ago: Sea level rose and America was separated from Eurasia again.
The People of the Americas
> Sophisticated ancient civilizations: Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs. o Advanced agriculture (maize), elaborate cities with commerce, and made astronomical observations.
> Pueblo people: built irrigation from corn fields.
> Mound builders: lived in the Ohio …show more content…
> Ferdinand Magellan (1519-22): sailed from Spain to the tip of South America—1st circumnavigation of the globe—but was killed along the way.
> Juan Ponce de Leon (1513-21): explored Florida searching for the “fountain of youth”.
> Francisco Coronado (1540-42): explored Arizona and New Mexico, and discovered the Grand Canyon and bison.
> Hernando de Soto (1539-42): went on a gold expedition and crossed the Mississippi.
> Francisco Pizarro (1532): crushed the Incas and got treasure.
> Silver and gold in Spain fed the growth of capitalism, transformed the world economy, spread commerce, and increased manufacturing.
> Encomienda: let the government give Indians to colonists so they can “Christianize” them.
The Conquest of Mexico
> Hernán Cortéz (1519): sailed for Mexico and picked up 2 interpreters of the Aztec language on the way. He learned of gold in Tenochtitlán and the Aztec chief Moctezuma.
> Moctezuma believed Cortéz was the god Quetzalcoatl.
> June 30, 1520: The Aztecs attacked the greedy Spaniards.
> August 13, 1521: Cortéz laid siege and the empire collapsed.
> Spanish intermarried with natives and created mestizo