APUSH 1.1 Contextualizing Period 1

• Events must be understood in context
• Each X.1 note will aid in this by contextualizing the events happening within the time period
• This is a very brief recount of what has occurred directly before the time period and what will affect the period

Native Societies

• Native American societies have been existing in degrees of peace or war all over the American continents
• The societies have regular contact with one another but none with people from the Eastern Hemisphere
• There are differing degrees of social organization, agricultural cultivation, architecture, etc.
• These groups are distinct based on their religions, regions, cultures, etc.

Europeans

• European forces are largely divided up into feudal kingdoms based on mercantilist values
• Each nation is competing with the others for the most wealth and power
• Most European nations are Christian, however there are a variety of denominations that set the nations or small groups apart
• A few nations have begun investing in naval expansion