1.1

Contextualizing Period 1

AP United States History
Waldseemüller Map (1507)
Caption: The Waldseemüller map (1507), the first to label the New World as "America." Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Timeline of Period 1

Native American societies before contact

Why Europeans explored

The Columbian Exchange

Spanish colonial systems

Key figures

Primary source spotlight

Key events summary

Vocabulary