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This is a resource for those studying for the History of the United States I CLEP exam, or simply for those who love to study history. The History of the Unites States I CLEP exam covers U.S. history from before the 1600's. This lens is one in a series of lenses that will be developed.
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Parent Lens
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Passing the History of the United States I CLEP Exam
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This learning lens exists to provide guidance for those who would like to study U.S. History outside of a college environment, yet gain college credit for their efforts. The History of the United States I exam covers early colonization of America up...
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The College Level Text Book You'll Need
This is the text book that we are using as a basis for the lectures and study guides. The resources here are not a substitute for reading, but rather to augment your studies. This is the book we are using in our study group, but feel free to substitute any college text book on the subject.
American Journey, TLC, Combined, The (4th Edition)
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Chronology
Source: The American Journey
c. 40,000 - 8,000 B.C. Ancestors of Native Americans cross Bering land bridge.
c. 10,000 - 9,000 B.C. Paleo-Indians expand through the Americas.
c. 9000 B.C. Extinction of large land mammals in North America.
c. 8000 - 1500 B.C. Archaic Indian era.
c. 3000 B.C. Beginnings of agriculture in Mesoamerica.
c. 1500 B.C. earliest mound-building culture begins.
c. 500 B.C. - A.D. 400 Adena-Hopewell mound-building culture.
c. A.D. 700 - 1600 Rise of West African empires.
c. 900 First mounds built at Cahokia.
- Ancestral Puebloan expansion.
c. 1000 Spread of Islam in West Africa.
c. 1000 - 1015 First Viking voyages to North America.
c. 1000 - 1500 Last mound-building culture, the Mississippian.
c. 1290s Ancestral Puebloan dispersal into smaller villages.
1400 - 1600 Renaissance in Europe.
1430s Beginnings of Portuguese slave trade in West Africa.
1492 End of reconquista in Spain. Columbus's first voyage.
1494 Treaty of Tordesillas.
1497 John Cabot visits Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
1497 - 1499 Vasco da Gama sails around Africa to reach India.
1517 Protestant Reformation begins in Germany.
1519-1521 Hernan Cortes conquiers the Aztec empire.
1532 - 1533 Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca empire.
1534 - 1542 Jacques Cartier explores eastern Canada for France.
1540 - 1542 Coronado explores southwestern North America.
1542 - 1543 Roberval's failed colony in Canada.
1558 Elizabeth I becomes queen of England.
1565 Spanish establish outpost at St. Augustine in Florida.
1560s - English renew attempts to conquier Ireland.
1587 Founding of "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
1598 Spanish found colony at New Mexico.
c. 40,000 - 8,000 B.C. Ancestors of Native Americans cross Bering land bridge.
c. 10,000 - 9,000 B.C. Paleo-Indians expand through the Americas.
c. 9000 B.C. Extinction of large land mammals in North America.
c. 8000 - 1500 B.C. Archaic Indian era.
c. 3000 B.C. Beginnings of agriculture in Mesoamerica.
c. 1500 B.C. earliest mound-building culture begins.
c. 500 B.C. - A.D. 400 Adena-Hopewell mound-building culture.
c. A.D. 700 - 1600 Rise of West African empires.
c. 900 First mounds built at Cahokia.
- Ancestral Puebloan expansion.
c. 1000 Spread of Islam in West Africa.
c. 1000 - 1015 First Viking voyages to North America.
c. 1000 - 1500 Last mound-building culture, the Mississippian.
c. 1290s Ancestral Puebloan dispersal into smaller villages.
1400 - 1600 Renaissance in Europe.
1430s Beginnings of Portuguese slave trade in West Africa.
1492 End of reconquista in Spain. Columbus's first voyage.
1494 Treaty of Tordesillas.
1497 John Cabot visits Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
1497 - 1499 Vasco da Gama sails around Africa to reach India.
1517 Protestant Reformation begins in Germany.
1519-1521 Hernan Cortes conquiers the Aztec empire.
1532 - 1533 Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca empire.
1534 - 1542 Jacques Cartier explores eastern Canada for France.
1540 - 1542 Coronado explores southwestern North America.
1542 - 1543 Roberval's failed colony in Canada.
1558 Elizabeth I becomes queen of England.
1565 Spanish establish outpost at St. Augustine in Florida.
1560s - English renew attempts to conquier Ireland.
1587 Founding of "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
1598 Spanish found colony at New Mexico.
Key Words
Source: The American Journey
Key Words in the section covered
Key Words in the section covered
- Aztecs
- A warrior people who dominated the valley of Mexico from 1100 to 1521.
- Cahokia
- One of the largest urban centers created by Mississippian peoples, containing 30,000 residents in 1250.
- Reconquista
- The long struggle ( ending in 1492 ) during which Spanish Christians reconquered the Iberian peninsula from Muslim occupiers.
- Reformation
- Martin Luther's challenge to the Catholic Church, initiated in 1517, calling for a return to what he understood to be the purer practices and beliefs of the early church.
- Protestants
- All European supporters of religious reform under Charles V's Holy Roman Empire.
- Predestination
- The belief that God decided at the moment of Creation which humans would achieve salvation.
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- Treaty negotiated in 1494 to resolve the territorial claims of Spain and Portugal.
- Columbian Exchange
- The transatlantic exchange of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred after the first European contact with the Americas.
Lectures
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