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CHAPTER 1 | THE COLLISION OF CULTURES | OVERVIEW

CHAPTER TIMELINE
12,000 B .C.	Crossing from Siberia to Alaska
1492	Columbus’s first voyage to the New World
1497	John Cabot sailed to North America
1499	Amerigo Vespucci sailed to the New World
1503	First African slaves imported to the West Indies
1513	Ponce de León’s exploration of Florida
1519	Cortés invaded Mexico
1524	Voyage of Verrazano
1542	Cartier established colony near Quebec
1588	British defeated Spanish Armada
1608	Mexico became a royal province
1673	Joliet and Marquette journeyed down the Mississippi River

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to:

Describe and explain the cultural and biological exchanges that occurred between Europe and America following the discovery of the New World.

Explain the different characteristics of the European contacts with the New World before the permanent settlements of the seventeenth century.

Assess the strengths of the European nations compared to the Indian cultures in the New World.

Appreciate the characteristics of the Spanish-controlled southwestern United States.

Understand the rivalries among European countries for influence in the New World.