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APUSH Unit One + Two

By emmanevell
  • 1492

    The Columbian Exchange

    • Americas = new world
    • Afro-Eurasia = old world
    • from the Americas to Afro-Eurasia = maize, potatoes, squash, tomatoes - which caused increased quality of life and nutrition in Afro-Eurasia
    • from Afro-Eurasia to the Americas = farm animals, sugarcane - which spread new diseases among indigenous people in the Americas
  • 1492

    The Great Dying

    • about 90% of the indigenous population died
    • mostly due to the spread of European diseases
  • 1493

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    • the catholic pope divided the Western hemisphere between lands to be conquered by Spain and Portugal, respectively
    • revised the line of demarcation
  • 1521

    Ponce de Leon

    • first Spaniard to sail to Florida
    • fountain of youth myth
    • destruction of indigenous people
  • 1539

    Hernando de Soto

    • followed Ponce de Leon
  • 1540

    Francisco de Coronado

    • went up the coast to California
  • Period: 1550 to 1551

    The Valladolid Debate

    • ordered and watched by the King of Spain (and kinda France)
    • between Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulvida
    • Bartolome de Las Casas was a Catholic priest who didn't support enslavement of indigenous people
    • Juan Gines de Sepulvida supported enslavement of indigenous people
    • both claimed to win the debate

  • Juan de Onate

    • followed Francisco de Coronado
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    Anglo-Powhatan Wars

    • between the Powhatan Confederacy and English settlers in Virginia
    • conflict over English expansion into indigenous territory
  • Period: to

    Pequot Wars

    • war between English settlers and Native Americans in New England
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    King Philip's War

    • a chief united several indigenous tribes and attacked English settlers
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    Bacon's Rebellion

    • an impoverished farmer raised a rebellion against the Virginian government
    • protested against high taxes, falling tobacco prices, and hostile Native Americans nearby

  • Pueblo Revolt

    • occurred in modern day New Mexico
    • also known as Pope's rebellion (a person named Pope)
    • protesting against Spanish colonization and persecution of religious leaders
    • Pope was beaten twice and still led the revolt
    • 400 people killed
    • 3,000 - 4,000 Spanish colonizers forced out of the area for 12 years
    • successful rebellion
    • later on, when the Spanish returned, there was more integration of indigenous religious beliefs in Catholic practices in this area