Today's Agenda

AP Learning Objective:
Explain causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effect on Europe and the Americas during the period after 1492.
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Learning Target:
I can explain causes of the Columbian Exchange, I can analyze and its effects on Europe and the Americas during the period after 1492.

Critical Vocabulary: Christopher Columbus, Columbian Exchange, Conquistadors, "Gold, God, and Glory," Hernán Cortés, Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan, Francisco Pizzaro, Inca Empire, New Spain, Encomienda System, St. Augustine, Pueblo Revolt, Jacques Cartier, Northwest Passage, Samuel de Champlain, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, Cavelier La Salle, New France, New Orleans, Privateer, Sir Walter Raleigh, Roanoke, Jamestown, John Smith, John Rolfe, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, John Winthrop

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: What was the Columbian Exchange? How did it impact European settlement of the New World?​
2. Citizenship Question: Who was the first President of the United States? 
   A. John Hancock 
   B. James Madison 
   C. Benjamin Franklin 
   D. George Washington
3. Guided Instruction: New World Beginnings Organizer
4. Independent Learning: Thirteen Colonies Map
5. Reflection Question: How did the French and English motives for exploration in the Americas differ from that of the Spanish? How did this impact their relationship with the Native Americans they encountered?

Homework: The English Colonies Reading