LEARNING OBJECTIVES

When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Compare and contrast Indian cultures with western European society in the fifteenth century.
2. Explain why western Europeans were able to establish colonies across the Atlantic during the early modern period.
3. Describe the Spanish empire in America and discuss its impact on European development.
4. Explain the ways in which English efforts at colonization in the sixteenth century shaped their eventual settlements in North America.
5. Explain the significance of the Protestant Reformation and its relationship to western Europe's expansion.

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