American History: A Survey 10/e   Alan Brinkley
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Objectives

A thorough study of Chapter One should enable the student to understand:

1. The history of the Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans.

2. What the New World was like at the time of Christopher Columbus.

3. The ways in which the peoples of the New and Old Worlds affected each other when their
societies came in contact in the late fifteenth century.

4. The changes taking place in western Europe that resulted in widespread interest in colonization.

5. The colonial policies of each nation involved, and the effect each had on the future of the
Americas.

6. The reasons for the rivalry between Spain and England during the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, and the impact of that rivalry on international affairs.

7. The African cultures from which black slaves were taken and the early development of slavery.

8. The role of religion in European efforts to colonize the New World.

9. The ways in which the experiences of the English in Ireland influenced their efforts to colonize
North America.

10. The first efforts of the English to establish a colony and the reasons for their failure.

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