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followed the extensive river networks of North America and claimed
Chapter review vast stretches along the St. Lawrence and Mississippi Rivers.

The English Take Up the Challenge
Native Americans before the Conquest
1.6 Why did England not participate in the early com-
1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American petition for New World colonies? p. 21
groups before European conquest? p. 3 During the early 1500s, religious turmoil preoccupied England’s
Paleo-Indians crossed into North America from Asia 20,000 years ago. monarchs. After ascending the throne in 1558, Queen Elizabeth I
During the migrations, they divided into distinct groups, often speak- ended internal religious struggle by establishing an English Church
ing different languages. The Agricultural Revolution sparked popula- that was Protestant in doctrine but Catholic in ceremony. Under
tion growth, allowing some groups, such as the Aztecs, to establish Elizabeth, English nationalism merged with anti-Catholicism to
complex societies. The Eastern Woodland Indians, who lived along the challenge Spanish control of the Americas.
Atlantic coast, had just begun to practice agriculture Europeans arrived.

Conditions of Conquest Timeline

How did Europeans interact with West Africans
1.2 and Native Americans during the fifteenth through 24,000–17,000
seventeenth centuries? p. 7 before Conquest— 24,000–
Indians cross the
In Africa, early Europeans found powerful local rulers who knew bering Strait into North 17,000
how to profit from commercial exchange. Slaves who had been cap- America 2000–1500
tured in distant war were taken to slave factories where they were before Conquest—
sold to Europeans and shipped to the New World. In the Americas, 2000– Agricultural revolution
European newcomers insisted on “civilizing” Native Americans 1500 transforms Native
who often resented and rejected efforts to transform their cultures. 1469 American life
Contagious Old World diseases, such as smallpox, decimated the Europe—Marriage of 1469
Indians, leaving them vulnerable to cultural. Isabella and Ferdinand
unites Spain 1492
Europe on the Eve of Conquest 1492 Europe—Columbus
1497 lands at San Salvador
1.3 What factors explain Spain’s central role in New World The English—Cabot
exploration and colonization? p. 12 leads first English 1497
exploration of North
The unification of Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella, and the expe- America 1521
rience of the Reconquista, provided Spain with advantages in its later 1521 spain—Cortés defeats the
conquest of the New World. The Spanish crown supported the explo- Aztecs at Tenochtitlán
rations of Christopher Columbus, giving the Spanish a head start. 1529–1536
The English—Henry 1529–
Spain in the Americas VIII begins the English 1536
reformation 1534
1.4 How did Spanish conquest of Central and South America 1585 1534 The French—Cartier
transform Native American cultures? p. 15 claims Canada for France
The English—First
Conquistadores conquered vast territories in the Caribbean, Mexico, English settlement 1585
and Central and South America during the sixteenth century. Catholic established at roanoke
missionaries followed to convert the Indians to Christianity. on the coast of North 1608
Although the Spanish conquerors cruelly exploited the Indians as Carolina 1608 The French—Champlain
laborers, intermarriage between the groups created a new culture founds Quebec
blending Spanish and Indian elements.

The French Claim Canada

1.5 What was the character of the French empire in Canada?
p. 20
The French in Canada focused on trading rather than settlement.
The coureurs de bois and Catholic missionaries lived among the
Indians, learning their languages and customs. French explorers
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