Chapter 1 THE NEW NATION

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Chapter 1THE NEW NATION

• Section 1 Early Exploration and Settlement
• Section 2 The English Colonies
• Section 3 Independence!
• Section 4 Founding the Nation

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Objectives
Section 1 Early Exploration and Settlement

• How did early Native American culture groups
  develop?
• What effects did trade and exploration have on
  societies in Asia, Africa, and Europe?
• In what ways did Spanish conquerors gain land in
  Central and South America?
• How did Spain develop a colonial empire in North
  America?

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Early Native American culture groups
Section 1 Early Exploration and Settlement

• developed agriculture
• domesticated animals
• created a number system and used a written
  language
• built cities, some with canal systems
• distinct regional cultures in spread-out areas

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Effects of trade and exploration on Asia
Section 1 Early Exploration and Settlement

• China was opened to the West, and it became
  largest empire in the world.
• Islam was spread.
• Technology such as paper and printing was spread.

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Effects trade and exploration on Africa
Section 1 Early Exploration and Settlement

• Wealth and power was brought to city-states and
  kingdoms.
• Islam was spread.

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Effects trade and exploration on Europe
Section 1 Early Exploration and Settlement

• The Crusades opened new trade routes.
• The Renaissance was stimulated, and it brought
  new ideas and knowledge.

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The Spanish conquest
Section 1 Early Exploration and Settlement

• Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492.
• Cortés conquered the Aztec in 1519.
• Pizarro attacked the Inca in 1532.
• By 1780, the Spanish colonial empire was the
  largest in the world.