Summary: When Old Worlds Collide

Chapter1- When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe I. Peoples in Motion A. The United States is a nation of immigrants B. Even Natives of the country are immigrants from different countries who roamed the land as a strange new world. C. From Beringia to the Americas 1. Beringia is a piece of land that was created because of the glaciers that captured all of the water causing a piece of land to form which was then called Beringia. 2. Berinigia had very tough climates causing the people who live there to have amazing survival skills. 3. The people from Beringia then began to migrate to North America and were the very first humans on North America. 4. The glaciers would recede every once in a while and would allow people to migrate to North America.
Therefore there became an economic impulse for colonization. 3. This was before Columbus. 4. Europeans who crossed the ocean were not expecting work because the wealthy back then had to do little physical labor. 5. The discovery of the Americas gave many opportunities to people. III. Spain, Columbus, and the Americas A. While the Portuguese began their search east Spain began their search west B. The Spaniards devoted barely any time to exploration or colonization. C. Instead they dealt with internal unrest D. In January 1492 Isabella and Ferdinand completed the recon quest of Spain by taking Granada. E. Columbus 1. Columbus was a navigator who was very talented and was from Genoa 2. His motives were religious and practical. 3. He had a role in bringing on the millennium. 4. The millennium was the period at the end of history when Jesus would return and rule with his saints for 1000 years. 5. Going on a journey in august 1492 Columbus sailed south to the canaries. 6. The Spaniards then moved on to San Salvador where they encountered Indians. 7. This voyage had failed and he soon returned for a second