APUSH Unit 1 - Overview

AI Notes from a brief summary of APUSH Unit 1

Pre - Colonization / Period 1

The time from pre-Columbian landing in the Caribbean to the establishment of Jamestown, marked by intense European exploration and competition.

Columbian Exchange

The exchange of plants, animals, ideas, and diseases between the Old World and the New World, impacting economies and societies.

Encomienda System

Harsh Spanish slavery system imposed on Native Americans in the New World for labor purposes.

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer sailing for Spain, mistakenly landed in the Bahamas in 1492, leading to the discovery of the "New World."

Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes

Spanish conquistadors who exploited Native Americans for gold in Mexico and Peru.

Bartolome de las Casas

Spanish missionary against Native enslavement and critic of the Encomienda System.

Slavery

The forced labor of people against their will, notably used in the New World for economic gains.

Maize

Corn, a significant crop exchanged in the Columbian Exchange impacting both Old and New Worlds.

Treaty of Tordesillas

1494 agreement dividing newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal to avoid conflicts.