Resources for Studying ✔✔ Videos I used to make this Quizlet:
Video 1: https://youtu.be/jAlZEh46ytI
Video 2:
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Other Resources:
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/eras.html (Great for understanding the general trends through history)
apushreview.com
Notes from Class
Textbook
Adam Norris Youtube channel
Jocz Productions Youtube channel
Columbian Exchange ✔✔ Exchange of ideas, diseases, and materials between Africa, Europe and America. (Period 1)
Guns and Horses ✔✔ Made it easier for Native Americans to hunt, and created more warfare. Brought by Europe. (Period 1)
Potatoes and Maize ✔✔ Led to population growth in Europe after contact with the Americas. (Period 1)
Slave trade ✔✔ Started by the Spanish and Portuguese.(Period 1)
Encomienda System ✔✔ Gave land to Spanish settlers that promised to Christianize natives. (Period 1)
Feelings of Early Minorities ✔✔ Native Americans and Africans wanted to rule themselves and stay autonomous. (Period 1)
New England Colonies ✔✔ Establish by Puritans in Northern East Coast, wanted a likeminded community, and had a mix of agriculture and commerce. Not tolerant of other ideas.
(Period 2)
Middle Colonies ✔✔ Grew cereal crops, religiously and ethnically diverse. More accepting of other cultures. More accepting because the people rejected by New England moved to the area, and allowed more diversity. (Period 2)
Chesapeake Colonies ✔✔ Grew tobacco, and relied on indentured servants. (Period 2)
Southern Colonies and West Indies ✔✔ Grew staple crops like sugar and cotton, used a lot of slave labor, and Africans Usually made up the majority of the population. (Period 2)
Pueblo Revolt ✔✔ Rebellion by Native Americans in Southwest America. Spanish wanted to end non-Christian practices by natives, so the Pueblos rebelled, and got rid of Spanish for 10 years. Spanish regained control and started to accept the Native practices. (Period 2)
Enlightenment ✔✔ Focuses on reason and intelligence, and it questions forms of government such as monarchies and democracies. Focused on individuals. John Locke and Montesquieu influenced the Framers [Show Less]