US History

U.S. History Study Guide

Table of Contents Chapter 1: The First Americans .....................................................................................................................14 1.1 Early America up till 1492..................................................................................................................................... 14 1.2 Native Cultures .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 1.3 Tribes of the Northwest.......................................................................................................................................... 14 1.4 Great Basin Culture Area ....................................................................................................................................... 15 1.5 Plateau Culture Area ............................................................................................................................................... 15 1.6 Tribes of the Southwest.......................................................................................................................................... 15 1.7 Tribes of the Great Plains ...................................................................................................................................... 15 1.8 Tribes of the Southeast........................................................................................................................................... 15 1.9 Tribes of the Northeast........................................................................................................................................... 16 1.11 Chapter One Practice Exam ................................................................................................................................ 17 Chapter 2: Age of Exploration 1492-1600s................................................................................................19 2.1 Age of Exploration 1492-1600s ........................................................................................................................... 19 2.2 The Age of Exploration ........................................................................................................................................... 19 2.3 Columbus ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 2.4 The Columbian Exchange....................................................................................................................................... 20 2.5 The Treaty Tordesillas ........................................................................................................................................... 20 2.6 The Spanish Conquistadors .................................................................................................................................. 21 2.7 Conquistadors take the NewWorld ................................................................................................................... 21 2.8 French Explorers ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 2.9 Dutch (Netherlands) Explorers ........................................................................................................................... 23 2.10 English Explorers ................................................................................................................................................... 23 2.11 European Effects on Native Population.......................................................................................................... 23 2.12 Slavery in the NewWorld.................................................................................................................................... 24 2.13 Chapter Two Practice Exam .............................................................................................................................. 25 Chapter 3: Early Settlements and Colonies mid 1500s- Mid 1600s...................................................27 3.1 Settlements and Colonies mid 1500s- Mid 1600s ........................................................................................ 27 3.2 New Spain .................................................................................................................................................................... 27 3.3 New France.................................................................................................................................................................. 28 3.4 The English Colonies ............................................................................................................................................... 28 3.5 Colonization................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Roanoke (The Lost Colony)........................................................................................................................................................ 29 The Two Virginia Companies .................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.6 Jamestown................................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.7 The Massachusetts Bay Colony ............................................................................................................................ 31 3.8 Under the Leadership of John Winthrop.......................................................................................................... 32 3.9 Dissension in the Colony........................................................................................................................................ 32 Connecticut ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Rhode Island..................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 New Hampshire............................................................................................................................................................................... 33

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